News The MJ
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Centre launched to fend off council cyber attacks
May 13, 2024
A Security Operations Centre (SOC) has been established in Wales aiming to ward off cyber attacks.
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UASC Kent arrivals up 59% last year
May 13, 2024
The number of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) arriving in Kent continues to soar while the county council awaits court guidance on improving the national transfer scheme.
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Fresh Right to Buy devolution call
May 13, 2024
Calls to devolve England’s Right to Buy policy are gathering momentum, with a centre-left think-tank now urging ministers to hand powers to councils.
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Mayors meet to hear growth plans
May 13, 2024
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has summoned his party’s newly-elected mayors for a meeting to detail his plans for economic growth.
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National Insurance devolution call
May 10, 2024
A ‘small share’ of around 5% of locally-generated National Insurance (NI) revenue should be devolved as part of tax-sharing pilots with leading combined authorities, the Institute for Government (IfG) think-tank has argued in a report.
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Council and Premier League club in stadium row
May 10, 2024
Nottingham City Council has warned ‘no local authority can subsidise a Premier League football club’ amid an escalating row over Nottingham Forest FC’s iconic stadium.
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EXCLUSIVE: Killian lobbied to halt work with watchdog
May 10, 2024
Sector figures have been lobbied to withdraw engagement and co-operation with the local government watchdog after a national newspaper used its data to rank councils, The MJ understands.
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Council to be prosecuted over busway deaths
May 10, 2024
Cambridgeshire CC has been served a court summons over three deaths in separate incidents on its troubled guided busway.
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Oracle project costs soar from £3m to £40m
May 10, 2024
The budget for replacing an IT system with Oracle has ballooned from £2.6m to almost £40m, councillors in West Sussex have heard.
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Guildford issues ‘heartfelt apology’ after £13.5m contract overspend
May 9, 2024
Guildford BC is at ‘serious risk’ of failing to deliver Best Value after overspending by millions of pounds on a housing contract, reviews have found.
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Government pushes ahead with recycling plan
May 9, 2024
The Government today confirmed the next steps of its reforms to put an end to the ‘patchwork of different bin collections across England’.
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'Outstanding' Leeds chief Riordan announces departure
May 9, 2024
Leeds City Council’s chief executive Tom Riordan has announced he will leave the authority at the end of the year.