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Jamieson beats Simmonds and Fleming to take over from Porter

By Dan Peters | 27 June 2019

Central Bedfordshire Council leader James Jamieson will be the next Local Government Association ...

Scotland to exclude pension strain from exit cap

By Dan Peters | 26 June 2019

Scotland will not follow England by counting the mandatory cost of pension strain towards the £95...

Council to borrow extra cash after project cost hike

By Dan Peters | 26 June 2019

Stockton-on-Tees BC councillors last night approved an extra £6.5m borrowing after costs for the ...

EXCLUSIVE: Gwynne goes for Broke

By Dan Peters | 26 June 2019

Shadow local government secretary Andrew Gwynne has demanded his opposite number explains how his...

EXCLUSIVE: Variation victory as LGA lobbies Treasury

By Dan Peters | 26 June 2019

The Treasury’s view of children’s services has been dealt a further blow after research linked 70...

Cost of cladding replacement fund could rise to £330m

By Dan Peters | 25 June 2019

The cost of removing and replacing unsafe cladding on privately owned high-rise buildings could r...

LGA: Audit committee improvements needed

By Dan Peters | 25 June 2019

Improvements to ‘off the pace’ audit committees can and need to be made, the Local Government Ass...

Sunak swipe at EY after audit deadline failure

By Dan Peters | 24 June 2019

Local government minister Rishi Sunak has criticised professional services firm EY after it admit...

Data quality concerns to come under spotlight

By Dan Peters | 24 June 2019

Finance directors are to look closely at the information the Ministry of Housing, Communities and...

'Real cuts' warning after overspend

By Dan Peters | 24 June 2019

Rotherham MBC faces having to make ‘real cuts and reductions in service provision’ after recordin...