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Brum bin apology

By Dan Peters | 29 August 2019

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

BUSINESS

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...

WHITEHALL

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...

FINANCE

£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...

WHITEHALL

£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...

FINANCE

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...

FINANCE

Crime-fighting funds in scarce supply - survey

By Dan Peters | 21 August 2019

Three out of four UK council chief executives and leaders do not have access to enough funding to...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Brexit blow as councils miss MHCLG deadline

By Dan Peters | 20 August 2019

Local government secretary Robert Jenrick’s flagship Brexit policy has been dealt a blow after do...

WHITEHALL

LEP chairs still waiting for PM meeting

By Dan Peters | 20 August 2019

An overdue Prime Minister’s meeting of local enterprise partnership (LEP) chairs has not been sch...

WHITEHALL

Unprecedented joint Spending Review bid floated

By Dan Peters | 19 August 2019

An unprecedented joint bid could be made to next year’s Spending Review by Core Cities, Ministry ...

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