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New rules to increase housing deal transparency

By Dan Peters | 02 September 2019

Councils will be legally required to publish deals with housing developers after new rules were i...

New audit code to bring commentary requirement

By Dan Peters | 30 August 2019

Auditors will have to issue a commentary on councils’ financial sustainability, governance and ho...

Dawes to help DExEU with Brexit

By Dan Peters | 29 August 2019

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) permanent secretary, Melanie Dawes,...

Leader lobbies ministers over Youth Zones

By Dan Peters | 29 August 2019

Barking & Dagenham LBC’s leader, Cllr Darren Rodwell, has appealed to ministers to help provide a...

Brum bin apology

By Dan Peters | 29 August 2019

Birmingham City Council has agreed to apologise to 17 people after the Local Government Ombudsman...

Council defends appointment of chief

By Dan Peters | 29 August 2019

Isle of Anglesey CC has insisted that the appointment of its new chief executive followed the cou...

Treasurers call for SEND funding injection ahead of next week's spending round

By Dan Peters | 28 August 2019

Three treasurers’ societies have urged the Department for Education (DfE) to make high needs fund...

£800m overspend on children's social care

By Dan Peters | 27 August 2019

Severe funding shortages and huge demand pressures mean councils were forced to overspend on thei...

£5.2bn and counting

By Dan Peters | 22 August 2019

The Local Government Association (LGA) will argue the sector faces a £5.2bn funding gap in 2020/2...

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh demand for place-based budgets

By Dan Peters | 21 August 2019

A fresh demand for place-based budgets has been made by the co-chair of an independent panel that...