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BUSINESS

Building handover after council loan deadline missed

By Dan Peters | 11 December 2018

A state-of-the-art commercial workspace will be handed over to a council after one of the UK’s la...

WHITEHALL

Councils may have to hand back grant

By Dan Peters | 11 December 2018

Some of the extra £55m Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) announced by the chancellor in the Budget ...

WHITEHALL

Scrutiny chief in failure warning

By Dan Peters | 10 December 2018

Failure in local government is likely to become more prevalent in the years ahead due to looming ...

WHITEHALL

VOA to appeal cash machines ruling

By Dan Peters | 10 December 2018

The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) wants to appeal to the Supreme Court after a judge ruled shop-b...

HEALTH

Future Forum North: May's Brexit deal will leave UK worse off economically

By Dan Peters | 07 December 2018

It is undeniable that the UK will be worse off economically under prime minister Theresa May’s pr...

WHITEHALL

Future Forum North: 'Government still doesn't think sector is efficient'

By Dan Peters | 07 December 2018

Whitehall remains unconvinced that local government is as efficient as it can be, Smith Square’s ...

BUSINESS

Future Forum North: 'We're wasting data'

By Dan Peters | 07 December 2018

A rallying cry has been made for councils to make use of the reams of available untapped data.

FINANCE

Future Forum North: 'Get a grip on mysterious DCS role'

By Dan Peters | 07 December 2018

Local authority bosses should get a grip on the ‘mysterious’ director of children’s services [DCS...

WHITEHALL

Future Forum North: Whiteman rages at removing finance directors from top team

By Dan Peters | 06 December 2018

Council chief executives that demote the finance director role from the top team were being ‘too ...

HEALTH

Future Forum North: Authenticity key in chief role

By Dan Peters | 06 December 2018

A top local government recruiter has encouraged council chief executives to be authentic.

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