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Sheffield blames austerity for planning proposals

By Dan Peters | 20 November 2019

Sheffield City Council has blamed austerity for proposals to cut the number of officers in its pl...

A vote for change

By Martin Ford | 20 November 2019

Local government calls for ‘radical change’ and ‘genuine devolution’ increased this week as polit...

EXCLUSIVE: Fears over 'watered down' committee replacement

By Dan Peters | 19 November 2019

Fears have been raised that the UK will be landed with a ‘watered-down replacement’ for the EU Co...

Health leaders in fresh social care warning

By Dan Peters | 18 November 2019

Health leaders have warned that the persistent neglect of social care is damaging patient care ac...

Labour proposes BT public ownership plan

By Paul Marinko | 15 November 2019

BT would be partly taken back into public ownership under Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to n...

Temporary accommodation spending costs councils £1bn a year

By Dan Peters | 15 November 2019

Councils spent £1.1bn on temporary accommodation for homeless households between April 2018 and M...

Peer review proposal for pensions

By Dan Peters | 15 November 2019

The Local Government Association peer review programme could be expanded to include council pensi...

CIPFA in further property investment crackdown

By Dan Peters | 15 November 2019

The prudential code has been further clarified to ‘ensure that responsible decisions are made wit...

Delayed audit council names kept under wraps

By Dan Peters | 14 November 2019

The 150 councils where auditors were unable to issue an opinion by the end of September are expec...

'No evidence' of sexist culture despite chief's claims

By Dan Peters | 14 November 2019

No evidence of a culture of sexism has been found at Stratford-on-Avon DC following claims by an ...