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Children's services blow for new chiefs

By Dan Peters | 16 May 2018

Surrey CC’s children’s services are still inadequate, according to Ofsted – three years after the...

CIPFA urges LOBO review

By Dan Peters | 16 May 2018

Finance experts have urged local authorities to review their Lender Option Borrower Option (LOBO)...

MHCLG will not recover £36m overpayments

By Dan Peters | 15 May 2018

Millions of pounds overpaid to local authorities by the Government will not be recovered, Marsham...

MHCLG: A lot can be gained from unitary

By Dan Peters | 15 May 2018

A unitary structure could save money and improve effectiveness, top civil servants have said in t...

Dawes: Spending Review limit on long-term funding deal

By Dan Peters | 15 May 2018

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) officials have backed the concept o...

CIPFA plea on LEP principles

By Dan Peters | 14 May 2018

The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) has appealed for help as it dra...

Fitzgerald 'resigns' from Liverpool ahead of crunch meeting

By Dan Peters | 14 May 2018

Liverpool City Council’s chief executive, Ged Fitzgerald, is understood to have resigned, days be...

Dawes: MHCLG could improve Whitehall engagement

By Dan Peters | 14 May 2018

Marsham Street’s most senior civil servant has admitted the department could be more structured i...

Whiteman in auditor warning

By Dan Peters | 11 May 2018

The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) has warned external auditors co...

Noble ousted after raising unitarisation

By Dan Peters | 11 May 2018

Suffolk CC’s leader Colin Noble has been deposed weeks after asking think-tank ResPublica to look...