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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...

Finance directors told to get cash to firms quickly

By Dan Peters | 27 March 2020

Whitehall officials have suggested that English council finance directors redeploy resources and ...

Parking charges for social care and NHS workers suspended

By Dan Peters | 27 March 2020

On-street and pay and display car parking charges for social care and NHS workers will be suspended.

End of week rough sleeping deadline

By Dan Peters | 27 March 2020

Councils have been asked to support rough sleepers into accommodation by the end of the week amid...

Councils face barriers as they try to tackle fraud

By Dan Peters | 25 March 2020

Local authorities are still encountering barriers to tackling fraud effectively, a new document h...