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KPMG criticised for rejecting Northamptonshire public interest report pressure

By Dan Peters | 02 April 2020

Northamptonshire CC’s commissioners have criticised the council’s former auditors for deciding no...

Video conferencing first at council meeting

By Dan Peters | 02 April 2020

A council used software to help decide key planning applications in what is believed to be the fi...

Lack of vital worker protection 'shameful'

By Dan Peters | 01 April 2020

Local government secretary, Robert Jenrick, has demanded that local government workers get access...

Outsourcers change coronavirus policy

By Dan Peters | 01 April 2020

Outsourcer Amey has U-turned to give full pay to workers off sick with coronavirus or those self-...

Lloyd hails rough sleeping drive

By Dan Peters | 01 April 2020

Local Government Association (LGA) chief executive, Mark Lloyd, has hailed councils’ efforts to g...

Councils start to pay out business grants

By Dan Peters | 01 April 2020

Thousands of small firms have begun to receive £25,000 cash grants from councils as part of a £22...

Transparency tools made available to pension schemes

By Dan Peters | 01 April 2020

The first standalone system to provide information on costs from different investment managers to...

Care providers in law change call

By Dan Peters | 01 April 2020

Care providers have pleaded with Prime Minister Boris Johnson to change the law to boost staff nu...

EXCLUSIVE: No Whitehall standstill despite coronavirus

By Dan Peters | 31 March 2020

Whitehall officials have insisted that they want to make progress with other government business ...

EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall mulls s114 suspension or another cash bailout

By Dan Peters | 31 March 2020

Whitehall is weighing up another cash bailout or suspending Section 114 rules with at least 10% o...