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FINANCE

Council shuns bitcoin suggestion

By Dan Peters | 03 January 2019

Walsall MBC has shunned a suggestion from its local Conservative MP for residents to be allowed t...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Brokenshire lifts funding cap as homeless deaths rocket

By Dan Peters | 21 December 2018

Housing secretary James Brokenshire lifted the cap on the cold weather fund on the same day it wa...

FINANCE

One in six councils face financial stability risk

By Dan Peters | 20 December 2018

Four councils are spending more than 90% of their net revenue expenditure on social care and inte...

FINANCE

Welsh Government gives £24m boost to councils

By Dan Peters | 20 December 2018

Welsh councils will be handed an extra £23.6m in 2019/20 on the condition that they commit to reg...

WHITEHALL

Government could face legal challenge over SEND

By Dan Peters | 20 December 2018

Families have officially launched a High Court legal challenge against the Government’s special e...

WHITEHALL

Post-2020 cuts warning

By Dan Peters | 20 December 2018

Many council services could face further cuts beyond 2020 with local tax revenues unlikely to kee...

WHITEHALL

Government: Start preparing for no-deal Brexit

By Dan Peters | 19 December 2018

Ministers are ‘ramping up’ planning for a no-deal Brexit as the prospect becomes more likely.

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Kerswell contract extended at Newham

By Dan Peters | 18 December 2018

Newham LBC has extended the interim contract of chief executive Katherine Kerswell by up to six m...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Taskforce renews plea for Grenfell council to bolster senior capacity

By Dan Peters | 18 December 2018

An independent taskforce has again urged Kensington & Chelsea LBC (RBKC) to bolster its senior ca...

FINANCE

Ministers say funding situation will soon improve - but councils are more uncertain

By Dan Peters | 14 December 2018

Is it the 'worst secret Santa ever' or 'recognition that the Government has listened on a number...

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