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EXCLUSIVE: Four areas unprepared for Hong Kong 'surge arrival'

By Dan Peters | 19 January 2021

Four local resilience forums have admitted they are unprepared for the potential arrival of thous...

EXCLUSIVE: DCN attempts to use tiers frustration to boost reorganisation case

By Dan Peters | 19 January 2021

The District Councils’ Network (DCN) has attempted to boost its local government reorganisation a...

Southwark chief to help with vaccine rollout

By Dan Peters | 19 January 2021

Southwark LBC’s chief executive will be brought in on secondment by NHS England to help with the ...

EXCLUSIVE: Election officers bid for legal protection

By Dan Peters | 19 January 2021

Returning officers have called for protection against lawsuits for running this year’s elections ...

Jenrick: I would love remote meetings to continue

By Dan Peters | 19 January 2021

Robert Jenrick has said he would ‘love’ councils to be able to continue holding remote meetings b...

Foresight group finds 'lack of strategy and shared plan'

By Dan Peters | 18 January 2021

‘Siloed and isolated action has been proven to fail again and again’ in the country’s response to...

Extra scrutiny for council companies

By Dan Peters | 18 January 2021

Senior councillors will receive a confidential quarterly report on the performance of all Warring...

LGA to call in conspiracy theory experts

By Dan Peters | 15 January 2021

The Local Government Association (LGA) is to talk to university experts to help councils counter ...

Council warned not to overly rely on reserves

By Dan Peters | 14 January 2021

Auditors have warned Sutton LBC to be careful about relying too much on its reserves to offset cu...

Local leaders pile on vaccine pressure

By Dan Peters | 12 January 2021

Frustrated local government leaders have piled pressure on ministers and officials over the speed...