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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Levelling Up Fund to feature rapid bid process

By Dan Peters | 23 February 2021

The £4bn cross-departmental Levelling Up Fund will feature a rapid bid process, with all projects...

WHITEHALL

LGA code of conduct 'unlikely to gain traction'

By Dan Peters | 23 February 2021

The Local Government Association’s model code of conduct is ‘unlikely to gain any traction across...

WHITEHALL

Calls to vaccinate election workers grow

By Dan Peters | 22 February 2021

Pressure is growing for key election workers to be prioritised in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout af...

WHITEHALL

Government 'open' to receiving Oxfordshire merger proposal

By Dan Peters | 18 February 2021

The Government is ‘open’ to receiving a proposal for a merger of South Oxfordshire and Vale of Wh...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Councils walk away from business rates pools amid income fears

By Dan Peters | 17 February 2021

Four business rates pools have walked away from the opportunity amid major uncertainty about the ...

FINANCE

Crisis-hit Croydon expected to sell development firm

By Dan Peters | 17 February 2021

Senior councillors at crisis-hit Croydon LBC are expected to back moves to sell its controversial...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Pressure mounts over SEND grant deficit

By EXCLUSIVE By Dan Peters | 17 February 2021

Councils are facing renewed pressure from the Department for Education (DfE) to make cuts to brin...

FINANCE

Four councils strike capitalisation deals with government

By Dan Peters | 11 February 2021

Four English councils that were unable to balance their budgets will be allowed to borrow million...

WHITEHALL

DCN bid for place on chief executives' network rejected

By Dan Peters | 09 February 2021

Senior Whitehall officials have knocked back a District Councils’ Network (DCN) bid to win a plac...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Pressure mounts on Jenrick over audit

By Dan Peters | 09 February 2021

Whitehall officials are putting communities secretary Robert Jenrick under pressure to change cou...

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