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LGA warns councils could face Section 114s 'within weeks'

By Dan Peters | 17 April 2020

Coronavirus-led demand pressures and a loss of income risk combining to push councils towards fin...

EXCLUSIVE: Government league table plan causes fury

By Dan Peters | 17 April 2020

Plans to publish a league table of how quickly councils are doling out grants to help businesses ...

Council launches judicial review over local plan

By Dan Peters | 17 April 2020

Sevenoaks DC has begun judicial review proceedings after the Government’s planning inspector refu...

Cladding remediation work to pick up pace

By Dan Peters | 16 April 2020

Vital building safety work to replace unsafe cladding on high-rise buildings that had ‘significan...

Jenrick moves to ease cash flow pressures

By Dan Peters | 16 April 2020

New measures to help ease immediate financial pressures faced by councils in England due to the c...

More PPE promised for social care

By Dan Peters | 15 April 2020

Health secretary Matt Hancock has promised to increase supplies of personal protective equipment ...

EXCLUSIVE: Hall loses local government post

By Dan Peters | 15 April 2020

Local government minister Luke Hall has been quietly moved aside, with Simon Clarke taking over h...

Call for extra counter-extremism funding

By Dan Peters | 15 April 2020

Councils have called for further funding for a network that shares experiences and good practice ...

Council chief resigns amid allowance probe

By Dan Peters | 14 April 2020

Surrey Heath BC’s chief executive has announced her resignation from the council amid an independ...

Thousands of firms receive financial help

By Dan Peters | 14 April 2020

Almost 100,000 small businesses across the country have already been paid a share of more than £1...