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Hellard steps down from Liverpool

By Dan Peters | 26 February 2018

Liverpool City Council’s director of finance and resources has stepped down, the authority has co...

Gwynne calls for commissioners to take over Northamptonshire CC

By Dan Peters | 23 February 2018

Shadow local government secretary Andrew Gwynne has urged his political rival Sajid Javid to send...

Fitzgerald to be on bail for a year

By Dan Peters | 23 February 2018

Four men, including Liverpool City Council boss Ged Fitzgerald, will have been on bail for a year...

Rates relief row comes to court

By Dan Peters | 22 February 2018

The dispute between councils and NHS trusts over business rates relief has flared up again after ...

'Positive shift in morale and culture' at inadequate council

By Dan Peters | 22 February 2018

Ofsted inspectors have reported a ‘positive shift in the morale and culture’ of Worcestershire CC...

Greens call for council tax and business rates reform

By Dan Peters | 22 February 2018

Co-convener of the Scottish Greens, Patrick Harvie, has called for a replacement of the current s...

Sunak: Northamptonshire an exception

By Dan Peters | 21 February 2018

No other councils have contacted Whitehall with financial concerns on the scale of Northamptonshi...

Gwynne calls for answers on 'fiasco' settlement

By Dan Peters | 21 February 2018

Andrew Gwynne has written to the Cabinet Office’s permanent secretary claiming Whitehall official...

Rural-London clash over fair funding

By Dan Peters | 21 February 2018

London Councils is expected to clash with rural authorities over the upcoming fair funding review.

EXCLUSIVE: Finance cover-up exposed

By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters | 20 February 2018

Key Whitehall departments involved in attempt to bury changes to provisional finance settlement d...