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Northamptonshire dithering could lead to reorganisation delay

By Dan Peters | 10 April 2019

A group of Northamptonshire MPs has urged the Government to sign off reorganisation plans for the...

EXCLUSIVE: Call for inspection pause in case of Brexit hit

By Dan Peters | 10 April 2019

Council chiefs have urged Whitehall to be ready to ease pressures on the sector for up to six mon...

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh deadline for overlapping LEPs

By Dan Peters | 09 April 2019

Minister Jake Berry has laid down a fresh deadline for local enterprise partnerships (LEP) to rem...

Row over devolution delay

By Dan Peters | 08 April 2019

Councils and the Government are at loggerheads over who is to blame for a 17-month delay for a de...

EXCLUSIVE: LGA in finance director plea

By Dan Peters | 08 April 2019

Council finance directors have been urged to detail the pressures facing services and the savings...

Council decision to determine agency future

By Dan Peters | 08 April 2019

The future of a not-for-profit enterprise agency rests on talks over its failure to pay back a lo...

Government homelessness funding 'not enough'

By Dan Peters | 03 April 2019

Two out of three councils do not think £73m Government funding to help them fulfil their statutor...

Council snaps up Government building 300 miles away

By Dan Peters | 03 April 2019

East Hampshire DC has increased its property portfolio to more than £110m after buying a Governme...

EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall warned as Brexit tensions grow

By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters | 03 April 2019

‘Early signs’ of escalating community tensions and hate crime related to Brexit have been reporte...

EXCLUSIVE: Community cropping up in more top roles

By Dan Peters | 02 April 2019

The growing importance of community-focused roles has grown among senior management positions, ac...