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EXCLUSIVE: Watchdog to probe final funding deal

By Dan Peters | 25 May 2016

Auditors are poised to probe a last-minute government decision to gift some councils £300m transi...

Rogers: Trust option 'shouldn't be surprising'

By Dan Peters | 24 May 2016

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

Flagship unitary bid binned

By Dan Peters | 19 May 2016

Flagship plans by Oxfordshire districts to create four unitaries that would have spilt out into n...

Queen's Speech 2016: MPs to reassert power over peers

By Dan Peters | 18 May 2016

The power of MPs in the House of Commons could be strengthened under plans announced in today’s Q...

'We're not footing PPP bill' says defiant council

By Dan Peters | 17 May 2016

Edinburgh City Council has vowed ‘not to be left footing the bill’ from the public private partne...

German bank will loan authority £20m

By Dan Peters | 17 May 2016

German national bank, pbb, has signed its first transaction with a UK council as it looks to capi...

Consulting business key in new system

By Dan Peters | 17 May 2016

Councils may have to change the entire way they consult after business rates are fully retained b...

'Essential' needs review must break status quo

By Dan Peters | 17 May 2016

The needs-based review being carried out as part of the move to business rates retention must rip...

Ofsted chief's illegal schools warning

By Dan Peters | 17 May 2016

Ofsted’s chief inspector has called on local authorities to ‘show vigilance and share intelligenc...

County opposition to West Midlands devolution softens

By Dan Peters | 12 May 2016

Warwickshire CC is expected to reverse its opposition to joining the West Midlands combined autho...