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FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: Treasurers reject financial management plan

By Dan Peters | 13 May 2019

Treasurers have called for wholesale changes to a planned overhaul of financial management in cou...

WHITEHALL

IRRV in new target call

By Dan Peters | 13 May 2019

The Government should introduce a target for the amount of local income that councils should rais...

FINANCE

LGA calls for audit changes

By Dan Peters | 13 May 2019

Councils have called for auditors to be made to ‘act promptly and report on a timely basis’ when ...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Senior officer capacity call

By Dan Peters | 10 May 2019

Stroud DC should expand its senior officer capacity as soon as it can to help chief executive Kat...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Elvery: Improving children's outcomes is top priority after Ofsted blow

By Dan Peters | 10 May 2019

West Sussex CC’s boss Nathan Elvery has said improving outcomes for the most vulnerable children ...

ENVIRONMENT

Brighton claims there's no grounds for bin strike

By Dan Peters | 09 May 2019

Brighton & Hove City Council has insisted strike action is 'unwarranted' as a union threatens to ...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

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’.

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

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...

FINANCE

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...

WHITEHALL

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...

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