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LEGAL

Birmingham's bin injunction bid thrown out

By Dan Peters | 01 March 2019

Birmingham City Council has lost its High Court bid for an injunction to stop a strike by bin wor...

BUSINESS

Councils issue joint tender

By Dan Peters | 01 March 2019

Bexley and Bromley LBCs have joined forces to invite tenders for the running of their revenue and...

FINANCE

Reorganisation pause after costs escalate

By Dan Peters | 01 March 2019

The leader of Northamptonshire CC has expressed his alarm at the ‘ever-increasing’ costs of local...

REORGANISATION

Lancashire lukewarm to unitary bid

By Dan Peters | 28 February 2019

Lancashire CC’s leader has given a lukewarm response to plans for a new unitary council.

FINANCE

Council budget 'unsustainable for the future'

By Dan Peters | 27 February 2019

Shetland Islands Council will grab £3.5m from its reserves to balance its 2019/20 budget.

WHITEHALL

MHCLG yet to agree no-deal Brexit escalation process for care provider failure

By Dan Peters | 27 February 2019

Marsham Street has still not agreed its ‘escalation process’ in the case of a no-deal Brexit caus...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Councils call for streamlined new burdens for Brexit

By Dan Peters | 26 February 2019

Councils have urged the Government to introduce a more streamlined approach to providing new burd...

FINANCE

May defends 'record' SEND funding

By Martin Ford | 25 February 2019

Theresa May has defended her Government’s funding of special educational needs and disability (SE...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Councils bring back joint chief executive role

By Dan Peters | 22 February 2019

Two local authorities have reinstated the position of joint chief executive after sector peers sa...

WHITEHALL

Portsmouth leader 'shocked' at Brexit port funding

By Dan Peters | 21 February 2019

The leader of a council covering a ‘vital’ freight port has expressed his shock at the funding al...

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