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SOLACE Summit: Dawes rejects NHS cash grab idea

By Dan Peters | 19 October 2018

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (MHCLG) top civil servant has encoura...

SOLACE Summit: Miller calls for social value approach change

By Dan Peters | 18 October 2018

Council chief executives have heard a rallying cry for them to bring their influence to bear on i...

SOLACE Summit: Councils are at back of austerity queue

By Dan Peters | 17 October 2018

Councils are at the ‘end of the queue’ when it comes to receiving funding from the Treasury, the ...

Positive powers amid adversity

By Dan Peters | 17 October 2018

Local government chiefs say budget cuts, managing citizen expectations and the reducing workforce...

EXCLUSIVE: Chiefs warning to May if austerity not lifted

By Dan Peters | 16 October 2018

More councils face scaling back services to a minimum statutory offer if prime minister Theresa M...

Casey: Involve councils in sorting Universal Credit

By Dan Peters | 16 October 2018

Whitehall must use the expertise of councils to sort out Universal Credit (UC), a former senior G...

McVey: Some people will be worse off under Universal Credit

By Dan Peters | 12 October 2018

Work and pensions secretary Esther McVey has admitted that some people will be worse off as a res...

Conference hears tourist tax call

By Dan Peters | 12 October 2018

The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) has used its annual conference to call for f...

Sturgeon: Council Brexit role essential

By Dan Peters | 12 October 2018

The role of councils in preparing for the ‘extremely serious consequences for communities across ...

Barking & Dagenham first council to sign May's race charter

By Dan Peters | 12 October 2018

Barking & Dagenham LBC has become the first council to sign up to the Race at Work Charter announ...