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Chiefs' fury at 'long overdue review' of DoLS

By Dan Peters | 02 June 2016

Adult social service directors have expressed their frustration at the speed of the Law Commissio...

Storm over 'biased' guide to EU vote

By Dan Peters | 02 June 2016

Council chiefs were this week frantically checking their EU referendum guidance as scrutiny rampe...

'Don't demonise CFOs for issuing S114 reports'

By Dan Peters | 02 June 2016

Chief financial officers (CFO) should not be ‘demonised’ if their only option is to issue a Secti...

Leave vote 'risk to UK investments'

By Dan Peters | 02 June 2016

Billions of pounds of UK investment could be put at risk by the vote to leave the European Union.

Authority opts to expand property portfolio in bid to fund services

By Dan Peters | 02 June 2016

A council has expanded its commercial property portfolio to help generate alternative sources of ...

Councils keen on sector-led audit deals

By Dan Peters | 25 May 2016

More than 200 councils and other local bodies have indicated they would be interested in a sector...

TV probe forces council to announce trust takeover option

By Dan Peters | 25 May 2016

A takeover of Birmingham City Council’s children’s services by a trust was always going to be con...

Shake-up is 'inevitable' despite setbacks

By Dan Peters | 25 May 2016

Local government reorganisation remains an inevitability despite a major blow to flagship plans b...

Oldham accounts 'on course to beat previous records'

By Dan Peters | 25 May 2016

Oldham MBC is on track to beat its own record for how quickly it can prepare its accounts.

Whitehall's council interventions probed

By Dan Peters | 25 May 2016

An inquiry into the Government interventions at Tower Hamlets LBC and Rotherham MBC has been laun...