Javid’s renewed rally for devo
September 20, 2017
Communities secretary Sajid Javid has urged council leaders to ‘put the party politics aside’ for the sake of devolution.
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Improvement panel to remain in Birmingham
September 19, 2017
The team brought in to turn Birmingham City Council around has backtracked on its plans to withdraw.
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‘Ease pay restraints or face retention crisis’
September 19, 2017
Councils could face a management-level recruitment and retention crisis unless public sector pay restraint is eased, a respected think-tank has warned.
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Javid’s top-to-bottom social housing review
September 19, 2017
Communities secretary Sajid Javid has launched a green paper on social housing in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
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Union takes council to court over bin row
September 19, 2017
Legal proceedings in the Birmingham bin dispute are expected to come to a head at the High Court today.
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Further blow to South Yorkshire devolution deal
September 18, 2017
Barnsley and Doncaster MBCs refused to back a Sheffield city region devolution deal at a crunch meeting of all four south Yorkshire leaders this morning.
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Directors call for more cash to tackle roots of domestic abuse
September 19, 2017
The president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services has called on the Government to provide councils with sustainable funding so that they can invest in the prevention of the domestic abuse of children.
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Universal Credit halt calls grow
September 18, 2017
Ministers have come under renewed pressure to halt the rollout of Universal Credit as housing rent arrears soar under the flagship welfare scheme.
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Liverpool chief Ged Fitzgerald suspended
September 18, 2017
Liverpool City Council has launched an independent disciplinary investigation into its chief executive Ged Fitzgerald.
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