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Council at crucial crossroads

By Dan Peters | 30 January 2019

Copeland BC is at an ‘important cross-roads for its future’ as it faces an ‘extremely serious fin...

MHCLG finds extra £20m for Brexit

By Dan Peters | 28 January 2019

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has found an extra £20m to help...

Edinburgh plans 300 job cuts

By Dan Peters | 25 January 2019

Edinburgh City Council has estimated it may need to reduce its workforce by the equivalent of up ...

Call for Derbyshire to 'overcome departmentalism'

By Dan Peters | 25 January 2019

Investment in a greater corporate centre for Derbyshire CC is needed to overcome departmentalism,...

LGA backs deprivation in fair funding row

By Dan Peters | 23 January 2019

The Local Government Association (LGA) has broken its silence to back the importance of deprivati...

Big audit firms may quit market

By Dan Peters | 23 January 2019

Larger audit firms may quit the local government market in the long-term, an independent review h...

EXCLUSIVE: No-deal Brexit funding call

By Dan Peters | 23 January 2019

Smith Square has pushed Marsham Street to provide funding for councils to implement their no-deal...

Monitoring officer review call

By Dan Peters | 22 January 2019

The organisation representing legal and governance council officers is to push for a Government r...

Buckinghamshire districts threaten legal action over unitary plan

By Dan Peters | 21 January 2019

Two Buckinghamshire districts have written to the Government warning they could launch legal proc...

LGA backs audit fee freeze despite pressure

By Dan Peters | 21 January 2019

Smith Square has backed holding external audit fees for local government at a lower level despite...