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Councils in 'mad dash to splash the cash'

By Dan Peters | 01 June 2021

Frustrated councils are racing to spend their additional restrictions grant funding after the Gov...

LEP Network: Don't muck around with boundaries

By Dan Peters | 01 June 2021

The chair of the organisation representing local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) has warned the Go...

Uproar at move towards 'national bin service'

By Dan Peters | 01 June 2021

Councils are preparing to fight government plans to create what they fear will be a ‘national bin...

Exit payments data made compulsory

By Dan Peters | 28 May 2021

The Government has made it compulsory for councils to provide data on exit payments.

Wolverhampton's i9 selected to house MHCLG's Midlands base

By Dan Peters | 28 May 2021

Two floors of Wolverhampton’s new i9 office building will be home to the first ministerial depart...

Cummings: Care home shielding claim nonsense

By Dan Peters | 27 May 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser has described government suggestions that car...

Welsh Government 'ditched as partner'

By Dan Peters | 27 May 2021

The Welsh Government has been ‘ditched as a partner’ in the rollout of two new funds, a former se...

Sustainability of Scottish councils 'at risk' without long-term financial certainty, watchdog warns

By Dan Peters | 27 May 2021

The financial sustainability of Scottish councils is at risk without a longer-term settlement, th...

Kerswell gets Croydon job permanently

By Dan Peters | 26 May 2021

Croydon LBC’s interim chief executive Katherine Kerswell is expected to get the job permanently a...

Former minister tells government: Stop being so ridiculously tribal

By Dan Peters | 26 May 2021

Ex-Treasury minister Lord Jim O’Neill has told the Government to stop being ‘so ridiculously trib...