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Delay to Northamptonshire reorganisation welcomed

By Dan Peters | 14 May 2019

Council leaders have welcomed the year-long delay to plans to create two new unitaries in Northam...

Call for councils to be at centre of new second chamber

By Dan Peters | 14 May 2019

A former first minister (FM) has called for ‘disempowered’ local authorities to be put at the cen...

County to streamline corporate centre support

By Dan Peters | 13 May 2019

‘Ongoing financial challenges’ have forced Essex CC to delete its executive director for corporat...

EXCLUSIVE: Council chiefs in Brexit plea

By Dan Peters | 13 May 2019

Council chiefs have urged Whitehall to maintain their focus on the potential impact of Brexit on ...

EXCLUSIVE: Treasurers reject financial management plan

By Dan Peters | 13 May 2019

Treasurers have called for wholesale changes to a planned overhaul of financial management in cou...

IRRV in new target call

By Dan Peters | 13 May 2019

The Government should introduce a target for the amount of local income that councils should rais...

LGA calls for audit changes

By Dan Peters | 13 May 2019

Councils have called for auditors to be made to ‘act promptly and report on a timely basis’ when ...

Senior officer capacity call

By Dan Peters | 10 May 2019

Stroud DC should expand its senior officer capacity as soon as it can to help chief executive Kat...

Elvery: Improving children's outcomes is top priority after Ofsted blow

By Dan Peters | 10 May 2019

West Sussex CC’s boss Nathan Elvery has said improving outcomes for the most vulnerable children ...

Brighton claims there's no grounds for bin strike

By Dan Peters | 09 May 2019

Brighton & Hove City Council has insisted strike action is 'unwarranted' as a union threatens to ...