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Soaring London rents blamed for declining agent offering

By Dan Peters | 20 November 2024

Properties offered to member councils by a social lettings agent owned by London boroughs have pl...

Studdert promoted to lead New Local

By Dan Peters | 19 November 2024

Think-tank New Local has promoted its deputy chief executive Jessica Studdert to its top job.

Call for national AI procurement taskforce

By Dan Peters | 14 November 2024

The UK Government should establish a national taskforce for the procurement of artificial intelli...

EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall review into summer riots will not be published

By Dan Peters | 14 November 2024

An internal Whitehall review into the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (MH...

EXCLUSIVE: Council chiefs told settlement will be 19 December

By Dan Peters | 14 November 2024

Council chiefs have been told by Whitehall officials they may have to wait until less than a week...

EXCLUSIVE: Labour axes expert levelling up group

By Dan Peters | 14 November 2024

An expert group advising the Government on reducing inequalities has been disbanded by Labour.

Single South Yorkshire settlement to boost investment

By Dan Peters | 14 November 2024

South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority expects to be boosted by the integrated, departmental-...

Bishop Fleming quits third council

By Dan Peters | 13 November 2024

Auditor Bishop Fleming has been forced to walk away from a third council after re-appraising the ...

Gray will not be new regions envoy

By Dan Peters | 12 November 2024

Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff Sue Gray will not take up a role as envoy to ...

Young people 'biggest losers' from current children's services system, say councils

By Dan Peters | 12 November 2024

Thousands of youngsters were placed in council care more than 20 miles away from their home last ...