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Ministers to 'review local government taxation'

By Dan Peters | 20 July 2018

Senior ministers have told the sector they are in favour of looking at local government taxation,...

Council launches commercially-driven strategies

By Dan Peters | 20 July 2018

Scarborough BC has launched two new commercially-driven strategies as part of its bid to achieve ...

Simon Stevens outlines 'opportunity to review' Better Care Fund

By Dan Peters | 20 July 2018

The social care green paper and NHS’ 10-year plan provides an ‘opportunity to review’ the Better ...

Johnson promoted at Wolverhampton

By Dan Peters | 19 July 2018

Tim Johnson has been promoted to managing director at Wolverhampton City Council.

Zurich questions indemnity mutual

By Dan Peters | 19 July 2018

A major local government insurer has welcomed the sector’s plans for a new mutual but questioned ...

Budget gap doubles at Lewisham

By Martin Ford | 17 July 2018

Lewisham LBC’s budget gap has more than doubled following an ‘unprecedented’ overspend.

Sunak: Some councils will be unhappy after fair funding

By Dan Peters | 17 July 2018

Local government minister Rishi Sunak has said he ‘cannot guarantee’ all councils will be happy a...

Council calls for asylum review

By Dan Peters | 16 July 2018

Portsmouth City Council’s leader, Cllr Gerald Vernon Jackson, has urged a review of the system fo...

Whitehall reassurance on local industrial strategies

By Dan Peters | 16 July 2018

Senior civil servants have pledged that local industrial strategies will be rolled out everywhere...

County chiefs show red to traffic light ratings

By Dan Peters | 16 July 2018

County council chief executives have broken cover to warn that plans for a traffic light-style fi...