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WHITEHALL

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 ...

WHITEHALL

Local lockdown powers up in the air

By Dan Peters | 27 May 2020

Council powers over calling a local lockdown are still to be thrashed out as the NHS’ test and tr...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: LGA split over worker bonus

By Dan Peters | 26 May 2020

A cross-party agreement that the Local Government Association (LGA) would lobby for a coronavirus...

WHITEHALL

Fresh funding row brews

By Dan Peters | 26 May 2020

Another row was brewing this week over how much councils have spent on coronavirus and how much t...

WHITEHALL

Care home plans deadline unrealistic, say councils

By Dan Peters | 26 May 2020

Councils have warned that tomorrow’s deadline for producing care home support plans is ‘unrealist...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Call to 'shore up' worst-hit local economies

By Dan Peters | 22 May 2020

The Government should ‘shore up’ the local economies worst affected by coronavirus before levelli...

BUSINESS

Councils call for single supply system for PPE

By Dan Peters | 22 May 2020

Councils have called for a single system for the distribution of personal protective equipment (P...

WHITEHALL

Most of £600m discretionary fund may not reach firms

By Dan Peters | 22 May 2020

Most of an extra £600m discretionary fund for small businesses may remain unspent as Whitehall re...

WHITEHALL

Councils given £300m and key tracking role

By Dan Peters | 22 May 2020

Councils in England will be handed £300m by the Government as they are given a central role in dr...

WHITEHALL

£3.7bn coronavirus-hit for London boroughs and counties

By Dan Peters | 22 May 2020

The total estimated financial impact of coronavirus on London boroughs and counties is expected t...

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