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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 ...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Pension partnership in asset manager threat

By Dan Peters | 24 January 2020

The £30bn Brunel Pension Partnership has launched a combative new climate policy that threatens t...

BUSINESS

Council acts after planning 'collusion'

By Dan Peters | 24 January 2020

‘Swift action’ has been taken by Northumberland Council’s senior management after ‘several person...

HEALTH

Boroughs in GP estate devolution call

By Dan Peters | 24 January 2020

London Councils has called for more devolution to boroughs of decisions on the GP estate.

FINANCE

Row over SNP funding of councils

By Dan Peters | 23 January 2020

Local government is ‘treated far better in Scotland than it is elsewhere in the UK,’ the Scottish...

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