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Chief's future hangs in balance

By Dan Peters | 13 February 2019

The future of South Cambridgeshire DC’s absent chief executive, Beverly Agass, will be discussed ...

EXCLUSIVE: Down to the core

By Dan Peters | 13 February 2019

Six out of 10 senior council figures admit their authority is now only delivering a basic core of...

Birmingham follows through on injunction threat

By Dan Peters | 13 February 2019

Birmingham City Council has insisted it had ‘no option’ but to follow through its threat of an in...

Union dilution warning over merging of roles

By Dan Peters | 13 February 2019

The union that represents senior local government managers has called for the independent roles o...

EXCLUSIVE: MHCLG to make 'compelling case' for more funding

By Dan Peters | 13 February 2019

Local government minister Rishi Sunak has vowed that his department will ‘make a compelling case’...

Mind the gap

By Dan Peters | 13 February 2019

The MJ/LGiU survey exposes the growing gap between the public’s expectations and councils’ abilit...

Brokenshire slams door on One Yorkshire plan

By Dan Peters | 12 February 2019

Communities secretary James Brokenshire has told regional leaders that their plans for a One York...

EXCLUSIVE: Chiefs' no-deal Brexit capacity warning

By Dan Peters | 12 February 2019

Council capacity will be stretched under a no-deal Brexit scenario, local authority chief executi...

Labour would create local government commission

By Dan Peters | 11 February 2019

Labour would create a new commission that would allow councillors to influence every decision tha...

Truss backs fiscal devolution

By Dan Peters | 08 February 2019

Chief secretary to the Treasury, Liz Truss, has given her backing to further fiscal devolution.