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FINANCE

Data quality concerns to come under spotlight

By Dan Peters | 24 June 2019

Finance directors are to look closely at the information the Ministry of Housing, Communities and...

FINANCE

'Real cuts' warning after overspend

By Dan Peters | 24 June 2019

Rotherham MBC faces having to make ‘real cuts and reductions in service provision’ after recordin...

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...

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