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Five councils to help with Government integration plan

By Dan Peters | 14 March 2018

The Government will work with five local authorities to develop integration plans as it develops ...

Government in 'live debate' on care funding

By Dan Peters | 08 March 2018

A ‘live debate’ over the funding of adult social care is taking place in Government, minister Car...

'Big variances' in financial sustainability

By Dan Peters | 08 March 2018

There are ‘big variances’ in how equipped councils are to respond to the financial challenges the...

Income generation boost for council

By Dan Peters | 08 March 2018

Portsmouth City Council has boosted its income generation expectations after signing a 10-year de...

LGA: Extra money crucial to fair funding review

By Dan Peters | 07 March 2018

The fair funding review will fail without extra money for the sector, Smith Square is expected to...

LGA: Officer-councillor relationships tend to be good

By Dan Peters | 06 March 2018

Relationships between officers and councillors tend to be good, Local Government Association (LGA...

Warning over Slough's 2018/19 budget

By Dan Peters | 02 March 2018

Slough councillors have been warned of ‘inherent risks to the delivery of a balanced budget at th...

Council calls for fair funding 'challenge mechanism'

By Dan Peters | 02 March 2018

East Sussex CC has called for a mechanism to enable councils to challenge unusual population proj...

KPMG prepares to step back from local government audit

By Dan Peters | 02 March 2018

KPMG is preparing to step back from its local government audit work after failing to win any of t...

'Whiteman has brought energy to leadership team'

By Dan Peters | 02 March 2018

Guildford BC’s new managing director has ‘settled into the role well’ and has brought ‘energy’ to...