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FINANCE

Council tax falls by 8%

By Dan Peters | 04 January 2016

The average band D council tax bill fell by eight per cent between 2010/11 and 2015/16, new resea...

FINANCE

Chief executives in New Year's Honours List

By Dan Peters | 04 January 2016

Council chief executives have been named in the 2016 New Year’s Honours list.

BUSINESS

Leader to step down after drink-driving charge

By Dan Peters | 04 January 2016

Worcestershire CC’s leader Adrian Hardman will step down days before answering a drink-driving ch...

FINANCE

Councils could spend reserves before mergers

By Dan Peters | 04 January 2016

Welsh councils that could be merged out of existence may spunk their reserves before they are reo...

HUMAN RESOURCES

PR chief quits after TV doc probe

By Dan Peters | 24 December 2015

A council PR chief has quit after a probe into the authority's involvement in a fly-on-the-wall d...

FINANCE

Call for beefed up health and wellbeing boards

By Dan Peters | 23 December 2015

Health and wellbeing boards should be given the power to commission services, hold budgets and fo...

FINANCE

Director defends consultation attitude

By Dan Peters | 23 December 2015

A senior local government finance director has defended his profession after one in five admitted...

FINANCE

Chief executive launches probe after elections mistake

By Dan Peters | 23 December 2015

A council chief executive has launched an investigation after a ‘significant error’ meant his aut...

WHITEHALL

Middlesbrough breaks rank on freedom of information

By Dan Peters | 22 December 2015

Middlesbrough Council has vowed to stand against attempts to weaken the Freedom of Information (F...

HEALTH

'Ambitious' devolution plan backed by Whitehall

By Dan Peters | 21 December 2015

An ‘ambitious’ five year plan for health and social care in Greater Manchester has been backed by...

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