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WELSH LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Quarter of council jobs lost in nine years

By Dan Peters | 21 June 2019

A quarter of local government jobs have been cut since 2010, new data from trade union Unison has...

PLANNING

'Radical shake-up' for planning

By Dan Peters | 21 June 2019

The Scottish Government has hailed a ‘radical shake-up’ after the passing of the Planning Bill ye...

FINANCE

Extra borrowing request after restoration costs rise

By Dan Peters | 20 June 2019

Stockton-on-Tees BC councillors will be asked next week to approve an extra £6.5m borrowing after...

WHITEHALL

Dawes: Ministry could have done more responding to Grenfell

By Dan Peters | 18 June 2019

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (MHCLG) top official has admitted the...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Councils and union clash over zero-hour contracts

By Dan Peters | 18 June 2019

Councils have insisted on keeping the option of zero-hour contracts as Unison prepares to push th...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: £95k exit cap regulations are 'lawyers' charter to print money'

By Dan Peters | 17 June 2019

Government regulations introducing a £95,000 cap on local government exit payments are a ‘lawyers...

FINANCE

Pensions Infrastructure Platform optimistic despite Brexit

By Dan Peters | 14 June 2019

A vehicle designed to encourage council pension schemes to invest in UK infrastructure will not l...

FINANCE

Council finding it 'harder to identify and deliver savings'

By Dan Peters | 14 June 2019

Knowsley MBC is finding it ‘harder to identify and deliver savings’ given the scale of Government...

WHITEHALL

Councils to appeal 'town hall Pravdas' ruling

By Dan Peters | 14 June 2019

Waltham Forest and Hackney LBCs will appeal after a judge backed Government attempts to stop them...

FINANCE

No new cash for Greater Manchester local industrial strategy

By Dan Peters | 14 June 2019

A former senior civil servant and council chief has questioned the impact of Greater Manchester’s...

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