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Modern slavery referrals rocket

By Ann McGauran | 15 March 2019

Referrals of potential victims of modern slavery made by councils have soared tenfold in five yea...

New directors help children's services improve

By Dan Peters | 14 March 2019

A new senior leadership team has brought ‘drive, energy and focus’ to Croydon LBC’s efforts to im...

Steepest council tax rise in 15 years

By Dan Peters | 14 March 2019

The steepest climb in council tax in 15 years in Wales will take place in 2019/20, the Chartered ...

Cost of Dorset redundancies to be recovered in 20 months

By Dan Peters | 13 March 2019

Nine proposed senior officer redundancies made as part of the creation of new unitary Dorset Coun...

Welsh councils in £1.2m Brexit boost

By Dan Peters | 13 March 2019

An extra £1.2m has been allocated to help Welsh councils prepare for Brexit, housing and local go...

Brokenshire backtracks after blocking Baptist bid

By Dan Peters | 13 March 2019

A judicial review next month has been averted after communities secretary James Brokenshire backt...

NAO floats auditing overhaul

By Dan Peters | 13 March 2019

The way auditors examine council accounts could be overhauled, the National Audit Office (NAO) ha...

Berry encourages more councils to back east Lancashire unitary

By Dan Peters | 12 March 2019

Northern Powerhouse minister Jake Berry has suggested east Lancashire unitary plans would stand a...

LEP stand-off continues

By Dan Peters | 12 March 2019

Councils continue to resist a Whitehall-driven boundary review of local enterprise partnerships (...

Government Settled Status scheme 'will cope' with surge

By Dan Peters | 11 March 2019

The Government has insisted it will be able to cope with up to three million people applying for ...