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EXCLUSIVE: New protocol to ease council tensions

By Dan Peters | 04 June 2019

A protocol encouraging best practice between councils will be drawn up by the Local Government As...

Uncertain wait for pension funds

By Dan Peters | 04 June 2019

Pension funds are mired in uncertainty as they wait to find out whether the Supreme Court accepts...

English Devolution Bill calls dismissed

By Dan Peters | 03 June 2019

The Government has dismissed calls for an English Devolution Bill in the first Queen’s Speech aft...

Call for 'long overdue' data collection review

By Dan Peters | 03 June 2019

A ‘root and branch review of Government data collection’ has been called for by the Chartered Ins...

Blow for EY after audit deadline failure

By Dan Peters | 03 June 2019

EY’s future in the local government audit market has been dealt a blow after it admitted 19 counc...

Dawes orders review of review after ministry makes same error again

By Dan Peters | 03 June 2019

The Government may have to pay out up to £15m to councils after it made yet another error in its ...

Council snaps up office block

By Dan Peters | 31 May 2019

South Somerset DC hopes to make a net initial yield of 7.27% after buying a 12-year-old four-stor...

Legal row could drag on for two years

By Dan Peters | 31 May 2019

A row between councils and supermarkets over business rates charged on cash machines could be tie...

Councils on reserves danger list named

By Dan Peters | 28 May 2019

Eleven councils in danger of running out of reserves have been publicly named in the face of cont...

Can SIBs still make an impact?

By Dan Peters | 28 May 2019

Essex’s five-year experiment with a social impact bond (SIB) has concluded, with conflicting pers...