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Councils urged to shift bond motivation

By Dan Peters | 20 June 2018

English local authorities have been urged to shift their motivation for implementing social impac...

GMB rejects Scottish councils' pay offer

By Dan Peters | 20 June 2018

Members of the GMB Scotland trade union have rejected the Scottish local government pay offer, po...

EXCLUSIVE: Councils could face 'traffic light' grading on finances

By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters | 20 June 2018

Every council could be publicly graded red, amber or green for financial resilience under plans b...

Surrey has 'improved' since Parsons Green bomb

By Dan Peters | 19 June 2018

Surrey CC has insisted it has made improvements since the Parsons Green bomber partially exploded...

Districts resist council tax support pressure

By Dan Peters | 15 June 2018

Districts have hit back at Government pressure for them to pass on cash for local council tax sup...

Mayors renew skills call

By Dan Peters | 13 June 2018

England’s directly-elected regional mayors today renewed their call on the Government for greater...

Lancashire devolution plan revived

By Dan Peters | 01 June 2018

Lancashire's council leaders are looking to revive talks with the Government over a devolution de...

Secondments stall after Government drops support

By Dan Peters | 01 June 2018

A drive to increase secondments between central and local government has stalled after the Cabine...

Regional employers rebel over pay offer for chiefs

By Dan Peters | 31 May 2018

A regional rebellion is building over the national employers’ inferior pay offer for chief execut...

Northamptonshire intervention bolsters sector's credit quality

By Dan Peters | 31 May 2018

Local government’s high credit quality has been bolstered by the Government’s intervention at Nor...