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Election and Brexit could hit peer review plans

By Dan Peters | 01 October 2019

A General Election before March would put the Local Government Association (LGA) at risk of faili...

EXCLUSIVE: Government silent on no-deal cloud risks

By Dan Peters | 30 September 2019

The Government has refused to reveal if all major providers of cloud-based services are aware of ...

EXCLUSIVE: Funding withheld from LEPs

By Dan Peters | 30 September 2019

Five local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) have had capacity funding withheld in 2019/20 because t...

Trading services expenditure increases by third

By Dan Peters | 30 September 2019

Local authority expenditure on trading services rose by a third in real terms from 2017/18 to 201...

Norfolk considers £16m new savings

By Dan Peters | 30 September 2019

Norfolk CC is considering new savings of £15.8m next year on top of already-agreed savings of £31...

Blackpool tops deprivation index

By Dan Peters | 26 September 2019

Neighbourhoods in Blackpool account for eight of the 10 most deprived nationally, according to th...

EXCLUSIVE: Core Cities' £28bn Shared Prosperity Fund warning

By Paul Marinko | 26 September 2019

The proposed UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) must be worth at least £28bn over seven years if t...

Talks paused over replacing Committee of the Regions

By Dan Peters | 25 September 2019

Talks over the Government’s commitment to replicate the European Committee of the Regions have be...

Suspended deputy returns to work

By Dan Peters | 25 September 2019

Thanet DC’s deputy chief executive Tim Willis is understood to have returned to work after six we...

Audit fees could rise

By Dan Peters | 20 September 2019

Fees could rise if the new code of audit practice changes the scope of auditors’ work, the sector...