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WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Deficit puts councils on cliff edge

By Dan Peters | 23 July 2020

Many councils could be pushed over the ‘financial cliff edge’ if the £500m of high-needs deficit ...

FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: Croydon reaches out for MHCLG lifeline

By Dan Peters | 23 July 2020

Croydon LBC is understood to have made initial contact with the Ministry of Housing, Communities ...

COUNCILLORS

Officer complaints process 'counts for nothing', says ALACE

By Dan Peters | 21 July 2020

The new regime created to sort out allegations against senior council officers has been shown to ...

HEALTH

Leisure centres under threat, warn councils

By Dan Peters | 20 July 2020

Hundreds of leisure facilities are under ‘immediate threat of closure’ due to the impact of the c...

WHITEHALL

County unitary plan timing 'poor'

By Dan Peters | 17 July 2020

Hertfordshire’s 10 district and borough leaders have hit out against county council plans for a s...

WHITEHALL

New safeguarding system delayed

By Dan Peters | 17 July 2020

The full implementation of the replacement of the ‘overly bureaucratic and complicated’ deprivati...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Government told to recommit to local industrial strategies

By Dan Peters | 17 July 2020

Local industrial strategies (LIS) should be the ‘starting point for economic recovery plans,’ the...

FINANCE

Somerset unitary plan 'too big'

By Dan Peters | 17 July 2020

South Somerset DC councillors have claimed proposals for a single county unitary are based on ‘fa...

WHITEHALL

District criticises lack of data flow from county

By Dan Peters | 16 July 2020

The leader of a district council neighbouring the Leicester lockdown has criticised the lack of c...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Better response to pandemic from European councils, says think-tank

By Dan Peters | 16 July 2020

Local government across Europe has been able to react to the coronavirus crisis with greater powe...

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  5. Shadow minister warns devolution Bill will 'die' without talks
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