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Dissecting dysfunction

By Dan Peters | 31 August 2021

Could anything have been done by the sector or the Government to draw Croydon back from downfall?...

EXCLUSIVE: Government rejects university hall quarantine idea

By Dan Peters | 31 August 2021

The Government has dismissed calls from the nine regional chief executives to allow international...

MHCLG defends choice of Croydon improvement panel

By Dan Peters | 27 August 2021

The Government has defended choosing an all-white improvement panel for a council where more than...

£3bn gap looms for councils

By Dan Peters | 24 August 2021

Councils in England, Wales and Scotland are grappling with huge budget deficits totalling more th...

County areas chase devo dream

By Dan Peters | 17 August 2021

County areas are lining up to strike one of the first tranche of devolution deals.

EXCLUSIVE: Call for transparency around rough sleeping programme

By Dan Peters | 17 August 2021

Labour’s shadow housing secretary has called for more transparency around the performance of a ke...

EXCLUSIVE: Porter intervention in waste plans

By Dan Peters | 16 August 2021

A former Conservative chairman of the Local Government Association has angrily criticised the Env...

Farrans awarded care home contract

By Dan Peters | 16 August 2021

Plans for a new £13m care home in Leighton Buzzard have moved a step closer after Central Bedford...

Fears councils could be cut out of LEP role

By Dan Peters | 05 August 2021

Councils may be stripped of their role in the governance of local enterprise partnerships (LEP) b...

Ministers refuse to reveal bid funds to be binned

By Dan Peters | 05 August 2021

Ministers have dodged naming specific funds they will remove the competitive element from after l...