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SOLACE Summit: Clarke calls for unitary revolution

By Dan Peters | 08 October 2015

Former Home Secretary Charles Clarke has called for all local authorities to become unitaries.

SOLACE Summit: Rogers fed up being treated like child

By Dan Peters | 07 October 2015

The president of the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE) has called for a ‘new p...

SOLACE Summit: £11bn of extra responsibilities for councils

By Dan Peters | 07 October 2015

Local government will have to take on £11bn of additional responsibilities from Whitehall in retu...

Chief's frustration over geography issue

By Dan Peters | 07 October 2015

A chief executive involved in devolution talks has expressed her ‘frustration’ that the Governmen...

Changing places

By Dan Peters | 06 October 2015

Dan Peters reports on how the face of senior management in local government has changed since 2010.

MJ survey reveals drop in senior numbers

By Dan Peters | 06 October 2015

The number of senior council officers has plummeted by almost a quarter (23.2%) in five years, ex...

Chorley makes £1m profit from town centre purchase

By Dan Peters | 06 October 2015

Council plans to extend a shopping centre have been approved, paving the way for the authority to...

New rules to stop 'playground politics'

By Dan Peters | 05 October 2015

New rules will stop politically motivated boycott and divestment campaigns against UK defence com...

DCN proposes district clusters model

By Dan Peters | 02 October 2015

District clusters could take on powers including housing, planning and regeneration under a doubl...

Referendum call over council merger plan

By Dan Peters | 30 September 2015

Welsh Conservatives have pledged to give local residents a referendum on any proposed council mer...