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Drakeford: No forced council mergers in Wales

By Dan Peters | 04 October 2016

Wales’ local government secretary Mark Drakeford has promised there will be no forced mergers of ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Government to get Northern Powerhouse 'firing on all cylinders'

By Dan Peters | 29 September 2016

Northern Powerhouse minister Andrew Percy vowed to get the agenda ‘firing on all cylinders’ as th...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

DoLS rise to record level

By Dan Peters | 28 September 2016

The number of applications for Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) received by councils has ...

LEGAL

Slough strips monitoring officer of role

By Dan Peters | 27 September 2016

Slough Council could face a judicial review after claims it illegally sacked its monitoring officer.

WHITEHALL

'Let's reorganise before planned finance system overhaul'

By Dan Peters | 27 September 2016

Local government reorganisation should happen before the planned overhaul of the finance system, ...

FINANCE

Herefordshire quizzed over recent resignation

By Dan Peters | 27 September 2016

Opposition councillors have called for Herefordshire Council to explain the circumstances behind ...

WHITEHALL

Council pension funds review opens

By Dan Peters | 27 September 2016

An expert has suggested the status quo could be the ‘least bad option’ as a review of academisati...

WHITEHALL

Academisation could cost councils £320m

By Dan Peters | 23 September 2016

The cost to council taxpayers of converting all schools to academies could be as high as £320m, n...

COUNCIL TAX

Greens to detail council tax reforms

By Dan Peters | 22 September 2016

Alternative proposals to reform council tax highlight the ‘regressive and unfair’ nature of the S...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Shared trio poached after North Norfolk cold feet

By Dan Peters | 21 September 2016

A council that had been sharing its neighbour’s top managers for several months has poached the t...

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