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Government sidesteps homelessness emergency call

By William Eichler | 09 May 2019

The Mayor of Greater Manchester has called on the Government to declare a ‘homelessness emergency’.

Inspectors criticise council's pace of improvement

By Dan Peters | 08 May 2019

The overall pace of improvement in Reading Council’s children’s services has ‘not been sufficient...

Back to austerity as cuts bite

By Dan Peters | 08 May 2019

Spending cuts almost as extreme as those back in 2011/12 may need to be made in 2020/21 due to cu...

Waste strategy could lead to bins boom - DCN

By Dan Peters | 07 May 2019

Millions of already produced hard-to-recycle plastic receptacles may be made redundant by the Gov...

Social Impact Bond move predictions realised

By Dan Peters | 03 May 2019

Predictions that moving responsibility for social impact bonds (SIB) out of the Cabinet Office wo...

EXCLUSIVE: Security fears after candidate addresses published

By Dan Peters | 02 May 2019

Security concerns have been raised after a loophole forced councils to publish the home addresses...

'Endangered' district councils in uncertainty warning

By Dan Peters | 01 May 2019

‘Considerable uncertainty’ around funding from 2020/21 is having a ‘direct negative impact’ on ‘e...

£100m EU elections bill even if poll cancelled

By Dan Peters | 01 May 2019

The UK will still be landed with a close to £100m bill for the EU elections - even if they were c...

EXCLUSIVE: Ministers to step in after tier split talks collapse

By Dan Peters | 30 April 2019

Ministers are expected to be called on to intervene in the thorny issue of business rates tier sp...

Government misses latest Shared Prosperity Fund deadline

By Dan Peters | 30 April 2019

The Government has failed to meet the latest deadline for publishing its promised consultation on...