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In the dark over local lockdowns

By Dan Peters | 08 June 2020

Local areas remain in the dark about whether they will be handed any additional powers to impose ...

Luton budget warning

By Dan Peters | 05 June 2020

Slashing millions of pounds from Luton BC’s budget would be catastrophic for the town, trade unio...

Heaphy gets children's trust chief role

By Dan Peters | 04 June 2020

Birmingham City Council’s former interim chief executive has been appointed to head up Northampto...

Concerns over Cabinet Office door knock canvass

By Dan Peters | 29 May 2020

Concerns are mounting that electoral canvassers will be forced to knock on hundreds of thousands ...

Pop up parking 'could help recovery'

By Dan Peters | 29 May 2020

The Government has urged councils to consider providing pop up parking on the outskirts of urban ...

EXCLUSIVE: Government U-turn on shielding data request

By Dan Peters | 29 May 2020

The Government has rowed back from demanding councils provide a wide range of data on their shiel...

Councils 'will be ready' to welcome back shoppers

By Dan Peters | 29 May 2020

Local authorities will be ready to welcome shoppers back to the high street if retail is allowed ...

EXCLUSIVE: Four months before action taken on second business rates error

By Dan Peters | 29 May 2020

Senior Whitehall officials were not told about a second major error in the administration of busi...

Government call for rough sleeping plan

By Dan Peters | 29 May 2020

Council chiefs have been asked to draw up a support plan for rough sleepers who have been put up ...

LGA: Councils need £6bn more

By Dan Peters | 29 May 2020

Councils need as much as £6bn more to cover the additional costs and losses incurred as a direct ...