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Chiefs urged to encourage staff to lobby unions

By Dan Peters | 19 April 2016

Chief executives and leaders have been encouraged to get their staff to lobby the trade unions wh...

Clark: Budget will not affect four-year settlement

By Dan Peters | 19 April 2016

Communities secretary Greg Clark has confirmed that cuts announced in the Budget will not affect ...

PPP councils should 're-examine contracts'

By Dan Peters | 18 April 2016

Local authorities tied into Public Private Partnerships (PPP) should re-examine their contracts a...

Bennett: Old parties have run out of ideas

By Dan Peters | 15 April 2016

Only political will is needed to find enough money to pay for ‘vital council services,’ Green lea...

MPs to debate academisation amid distraction fears

By Dan Peters | 13 April 2016

The row over forced academisation will continue today after Labour secured a debate in Parliament...

'Don't let slow pace of devo deter transformation'

By Dan Peters | 12 April 2016

Slow progress with devolution should not stop the march of public service transformation, an impr...

Funds tasked with providing pensions cost data

By Dan Peters | 12 April 2016

Council pension funds will have to supply their own cost data after the Department for Communitie...

Call for government to review council tax support barriers

By Dan Peters | 12 April 2016

The Government should remove barriers that are preventing local council tax support (LCTS) scheme...

Legal dispute looms after borough ignores county

By Dan Peters | 07 April 2016

Derbyshire CC could still launch legal action against Chesterfield BC after the borough again vot...

Whitehall will be 'unable' to police social care precept

By Dan Peters | 06 April 2016

Government will struggle to monitor whether councils spend the social care precept on its intende...