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Public health cut 'short-sighted'

By Dan Peters | 28 August 2015

The Government’s proposed in-year cut to the public health budget is ‘short-sighted, short-term a...

LGA chair Porter given peerage

By Dan Peters | 27 August 2015

Local Government Association (LGA) chairman Gary Porter has been unveiled as a new Tory peer in t...

Chief executives criticise exit payment cap

By Dan Peters | 27 August 2015

Council chief executives have given short shrift to government plans for a new £95,000 cap on exi...

One Year From Jay: Rotherham could 'win back powers in 2017'

By Dan Peters | 25 August 2015

The head of the intervention team sent in to turn around Rotherham MBC hopes to hand back ‘some o...

Yorkshire-wide devolution bid ditched

By Dan Peters | 24 August 2015

Ambitious devolution proposals for the whole of Yorkshire appear to have been ditched.

Chief executive role reinstated

By Dan Peters | 24 August 2015

The leader of Northumberland CC has defended a decision to reinstate the role of chief executive ...

Demands issued in return for mayor

By Dan Peters | 21 August 2015

Tough-talking West Midlands councils have told government they will only accept an elected mayor ...

Ridley to return to DCLG

By Dan Peters | 20 August 2015

The Department of Communities and Local Government’s (DCLG) former finance director will return t...

Rogers vows to get tough on staff

By Dan Peters | 18 August 2015

Birmingham City Council’s chief executive has vowed to be tougher with his corporate leadership t...

Whitehall to examine cost of children's care

By Dan Peters | 18 August 2015

The Government will commission work to find out more about children’s services demand and expendi...