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WHITEHALL

Fielding suggests return to revenue support grant

By Dan Peters | 20 November 2019

The president of the Society of County Treasurers, Gary Fielding, has suggested local government ...

WHITEHALL

Sheffield blames austerity for planning proposals

By Dan Peters | 20 November 2019

Sheffield City Council has blamed austerity for proposals to cut the number of officers in its pl...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

A vote for change

By Martin Ford | 20 November 2019

Local government calls for ‘radical change’ and ‘genuine devolution’ increased this week as polit...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Fears over 'watered down' committee replacement

By Dan Peters | 19 November 2019

Fears have been raised that the UK will be landed with a ‘watered-down replacement’ for the EU Co...

HEALTH

Health leaders in fresh social care warning

By Dan Peters | 18 November 2019

Health leaders have warned that the persistent neglect of social care is damaging patient care ac...

BUSINESS

Labour proposes BT public ownership plan

By Paul Marinko | 15 November 2019

BT would be partly taken back into public ownership under Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to n...

LONDON COUNCILS

Temporary accommodation spending costs councils £1bn a year

By Dan Peters | 15 November 2019

Councils spent £1.1bn on temporary accommodation for homeless households between April 2018 and M...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Peer review proposal for pensions

By Dan Peters | 15 November 2019

The Local Government Association peer review programme could be expanded to include council pensi...

FINANCE

CIPFA in further property investment crackdown

By Dan Peters | 15 November 2019

The prudential code has been further clarified to ‘ensure that responsible decisions are made wit...

FINANCE

Delayed audit council names kept under wraps

By Dan Peters | 14 November 2019

The 150 councils where auditors were unable to issue an opinion by the end of September are expec...

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