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'Significant improvements but hard choices to come'

By Dan Peters | 22 November 2018

Dumfries & Galloway Council has a clear strategic direction, more effective leadership, and bette...

EXCLUSIVE: The Bucks stops here

By Dan Peters | 22 November 2018

Local government secretary James Brokenshire will only invite new unitary proposals in the case o...

Sector faces £12m apprenticeship hit - every month

By Dan Peters | 21 November 2018

Local government could lose up to £12m per month from June after struggling to spend funds from t...

Welsh council leaders welcome cash injection

By Dan Peters | 21 November 2018

The Welsh Government has raised the funding floor from -1% to -0.5% to allow council leaders to a...

Social media: steering a path

By Dan Peters | 21 November 2018

Research by The MJ and the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives shows approximately seven ...

'Very little room for error' in Northamptonshire stabilisation plan

By Dan Peters | 20 November 2018

Northamptonshire CC’s stabilisation plans leaves ‘very little room for error,’ the council’s impr...

Fresh funding plea amid union pressure

By Dan Peters | 19 November 2018

Council leaders have refreshed their appeal for extra resources from the Scottish Government unde...

Aiken: Country facing biggest ever exploitation of children

By Dan Peters | 17 November 2018

London must take action to avoid losing an entire generation of young people, the leader of Westm...

London leaders call for 'proper' debate on funding

By Dan Peters | 17 November 2018

Central Government needs to have a ‘proper conversation’ on public sector funding and put council...

Brokenshire: We need to raise our game and get London building

By Dan Peters | 17 November 2018

Housing secretary James Brokenshire has criticised London boroughs after statistics showed a ‘mix...