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Spelthorne councillors to be more involved in commercial decisions after criticism

By Dan Peters | 23 October 2020

Spelthorne BC councillors will be more involved in future investment-related decisions after the ...

Legal action threatened over exit cap

By Dan Peters | 23 October 2020

Three local government groups have joined together to threaten a judicial review over the Governm...

Northern Irish legal case could set precedent across UK

By Dan Peters | 23 October 2020

Northern Irish councils have suggested local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales could ben...

Councils step in after government rejects Rashford campaign

By Dan Peters | 23 October 2020

Councils around the country have quickly stepped in after the Government voted against providing ...

Burnham calls for national-local reset

By Dan Peters | 22 October 2020

Greater Manchester’s Labour mayor Andy Burnham has called for a ‘reset’ between national and loca...

Jenrick announces allocations for £1bn council funding

By Dan Peters | 22 October 2020

Local government secretary Robert Jenrick has confirmed allocations for individual councils from ...

Coronavirus leads to scrapping of three-year Spending Review

By Dan Peters | 21 October 2020

Plans to create a three-year settlement for public spending have been abandoned as latest figures...

Council housing to return to met

By Dan Peters | 20 October 2020

Senior Kirklees MBC councillors have approved plans to transfer the management and maintenance of...

LGA board chair hits out at culture secretary

By Dan Peters | 20 October 2020

The chair of the Local Government Association’s (LGA) culture, tourism and sport board has claime...

EXCLUSIVE: IT frustrates district access to shielded patient list

By Dan Peters | 20 October 2020

An IT shambles frustrated government attempts to share the shielded patient list (SPL) directly w...