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NAO to probe council commercialisation

By Dan Peters | 20 February 2019

Local authority commercialisation will further come under the spotlight, with the National Audit ...

The final countdown

By Dan Peters | 19 February 2019

Dan Peters reports on how local authorities are making contingency plans for Brexit while also en...

DCN calls for rates retention delay

By Dan Peters | 19 February 2019

The District Councils’ Network (DCN) has called for a one-year delay in the implementation of 75%...

Campaigners press for audit legislation review

By Dan Peters | 15 February 2019

Campaigners have pressed for review of the five-year-old Local Audit and Accountability Act to en...

Cook boils over about 'crippling' uncertainty

By Dan Peters | 15 February 2019

Stockton-on-Tees BC’s leader, Cllr Bob Cook, has damned the ‘crippling’ uncertainty surrounding h...

Concerns raised over waste consultation length

By Dan Peters | 14 February 2019

Concerns have been raised that the consultation period on three major pieces of policy could be s...

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...