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Questions over future of exceptional financial support

By Dan Peters | 11 September 2024

Senior civil servants have privately cast doubt on whether the Government will continue its offer...

No clarity on productivity plans update requirement

By Dan Peters | 11 September 2024

Uncertainty reigns over whether councils are still required to publish updates on their productiv...

EXCLUSIVE: Asylum hotel use may increase as small boat crossings continue

By Dan Peters | 11 September 2024

Asylum hotels are expected to remain open for months, with the Home Office privately suggesting t...

Social care wage rise call

By Dan Peters | 09 September 2024

Unions have called for wages to rise in social care to resolve the ‘recruitment crisis’.

Council information call ahead of early prisoner release

By Dan Peters | 05 September 2024

Councils have called for more information as the Government prepares to ‘temporarily’ reduce the ...

Inspectorate looks to scale back diversity publishing

By Dan Peters | 05 September 2024

The Planning Inspectorate has begun a consultation on a proposal to stop publishing annual staff ...

Unite members to be balloted over industrial action

By Dan Peters | 30 August 2024

Strikes could begin later this autumn if workers vote for industrial action in ballots launched a...

Ministers: Increase the pace of fixing unsafe buildings

By Dan Peters | 30 August 2024

Ministers have told regulators at a round table meeting to ‘increase the pace of remediating unsa...

EXCLUSIVE: More than one in three have not published corporate or finance peer challenge in last five years

By Dan Peters | 29 August 2024

The new Government this week came under pressure to take a stronger line on councils that put off...

New Homes Bonus expansion floated

By Dan Peters | 29 August 2024

The New Homes Bonus could be expanded to combined authorities to give them an incentive to help t...