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Councillors to kick-start joint plans with London mayor

By Dan Peters | 26 January 2018

More than 100 council leaders and councillors from the south-east and east of England will today ...

Pensions expert backs London CIV

By Dan Peters | 26 January 2018

A pensions expert has backed the principles behind the London Collective Investment Vehicle (CIV)...

Councils benefit from business rates haul

By Dan Peters | 25 January 2018

Two councils have raked in three times more than they expected after using £125,820 of government...

New guidance after LEP criticism

By Dan Peters | 24 January 2018

Local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) have been handed a new best practice guide as the Government...

Gwynne aims to find compromise over Haringey deal

By Dan Peters | 24 January 2018

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has asked shadow local government secretary Andrew Gwynne to lead med...

EXCLUSIVE: Government knew provisional settlement was wrong

By Dan Peters | 23 January 2018

Whitehall officials rushed out the provisional local government finance settlement days before Ch...

Unison rejects pay offer in surprise vote

By Dan Peters | 23 January 2018

Unison has become the second local government union to reject the 2% pay offer proposed by employ...

Kerslake: Localism Act not backed by resources

By Dan Peters | 22 January 2018

The Localism Act has not been backed up by the resources it needs, according to the civil servant...

Councils battle new accounting rules

By Dan Peters | 19 January 2018

Councils are battling to persuade the Government to override new rules that will have an 'uninten...

Council told off by auditor

By Dan Peters | 19 January 2018

Auditors have scolded Copeland BC for submitting its accounts late.