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FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: Jenrick plans intervention to help northern councils

By Dan Peters | 31 January 2020

Local government secretary Robert Jenrick is poised to intervene in the fair funding review to en...

FINANCE

New pension fund to invest in London

By Dan Peters | 31 January 2020

Three major London pensions organisations will launch a fund investing in housing, infrastructure...

WHITEHALL

Healey calls for new rough sleeping taskforce

By Dan Peters | 30 January 2020

Ministers will not end rough sleeping in this country before 2082 based on its current rate of pr...

FINANCE

Davey: SEND crisis could blow up in councils

By Dan Peters | 30 January 2020

The acting Lib Dem leader has warned that the crisis in special educational needs and disability ...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Councils sent back to drawing board on SEND

By Dan Peters | 28 January 2020

Councils have been sent back to the drawing board after a quango ripped apart their plans to reco...

WHITEHALL

DCN: Council tax allowance not sufficient

By Dan Peters | 28 January 2020

The Government’s proposed council tax referendum threshold of 2% or £5 for shire district council...

WHITEHALL

NAO to probe one-off Government funding pots

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2020

The National Audit Office (NAO) is to probe the effect of the Government’s shift towards one-off ...

PLANNING

Council approves EastEnders planning deal

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2020

A planning first that enables changes to be made to the set of BBC soap EastEnders without seekin...

BUSINESS

Auditors in fees increase warning

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2020

Auditors have warned a number of councils that their audit fees for 2019/20 could be more than on...

FINANCE

Lancashire on 'solid footing' after service reviews

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2020

Lancashire CC finance chiefs believe they are now on a ‘solid footing’ after the council slashed ...

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