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Data demand over settled status bids

By Dan Peters | 18 April 2019

Councils have refused to give up after their request to access Home Office data on application ra...

Government review to look at council audit response

By Dan Peters | 17 April 2019

The Government will use its planned review of a key law to look at how councils respond to issues...

EXCLUSIVE: Concern over councils' ability to cope with polls

By Dan Peters | 17 April 2019

Council chiefs have raised concerns with Government about the sector’s capacity to run EU electio...

Making progress in Powys

By Dan Peters | 16 April 2019

An inspection revealing child protection processes at Powys CC were not good enough came as a ‘h...

Council buys office to generate income

By Dan Peters | 15 April 2019

South Cambridgeshire DC has made a £13m investment in a high-quality office building to generate ...

Kara: Financial sustainability about more than just money

By Dan Peters | 12 April 2019

The key ingredients of financial sustainability have been outlined by a senior sector figure spea...

Social care precept 'avoided catastrophe'

By Dan Peters | 11 April 2019

The introduction of the social care precept ‘avoided catastrophe’ but the sector still faces a fu...

Treasury announces details of £95k exit payment cap

By Dan Peters | 10 April 2019

A £95,000 cap on local government exit payments will be implemented despite the sector being resp...

Northamptonshire dithering could lead to reorganisation delay

By Dan Peters | 10 April 2019

A group of Northamptonshire MPs has urged the Government to sign off reorganisation plans for the...

EXCLUSIVE: Call for inspection pause in case of Brexit hit

By Dan Peters | 10 April 2019

Council chiefs have urged Whitehall to be ready to ease pressures on the sector for up to six mon...