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WHITEHALL

Council spending powers to be restored to 2010 levels under Labour

By Dan Peters | 21 November 2019

Labour would ‘reverse the Tory decade of austerity for local government’ and aim to restore counc...

WHITEHALL

Dark and cold threat to winter poll

By Dan Peters | 21 November 2019

Election officials have complained after Scrooge-like officials told them they would need to expl...

WHITEHALL

Leaders seek huge rise in flood funding

By Martin Ford | 21 November 2019

Councils have approached the Government for financial assistance as costs mount for flood-hit com...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Lib Dems to 'end continual erosion' of council funding

By Dan Peters | 20 November 2019

Lib Dems would ‘end the continual erosion’ of local government funding if they win power at the G...

WHITEHALL

Fielding suggests return to revenue support grant

By Dan Peters | 20 November 2019

The president of the Society of County Treasurers, Gary Fielding, has suggested local government ...

WHITEHALL

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...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

A vote for change

By Martin Ford | 20 November 2019

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

WHITEHALL

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

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...

BUSINESS

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...

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