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Pared-down senior management would deliver 'significant savings'

By Dan Peters | 05 September 2018

A single senior management team for a new Nottinghamshire unitary would deliver ‘significant savi...

EXCLUSIVE: Councils knocked back over settled status costs

By Dan Peters | 04 September 2018

Councils are unlikely to receive much financial help to cope with millions of people applying for...

Combined authority chief to leave

By Dan Peters | 30 August 2018

The chief executive of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority has announced his departu...

Largest ever transformation could save millions

By Dan Peters | 30 August 2018

Oxfordshire CC’s largest ever transformation initiative could save up to £58m a year, officers ha...

Unison calls for pensions fund merger

By Dan Peters | 28 August 2018

The largest trade union representing members of the Scottish Local Government Pension Scheme (SLG...

SOLACE: Peer reviews should be made mandatory and transparent

By Dan Peters | 24 August 2018

Council chief executives have suggested that the Local Government Association’s (LGA) peer review...

File on arrested four passed to prosecutors

By Dan Peters | 23 August 2018

Police have finally submitted a file of evidence to prosecutors in relation to four local governm...

Council must cut £15m from costs

By Dan Peters | 23 August 2018

Shetland Islands Council must slash costs by £15.6m over the next five years, officers have warned.

Council has taken 'too long' to improve

By Dan Peters | 23 August 2018

Reading Council has improved services for young people leaving care since an inadequate Ofsted in...

EXCLUSIVE: Crunch time for municipal bonds

By Dan Peters | 23 August 2018

The struggling Municipal Bonds Agency has pleaded for councils to ‘pull behind us’ amid warnings ...