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DCLG has no plans to cut number of LEPs

By Dan Peters | 09 June 2015

Ministers have ‘no plans’ to reduce the number of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), the Depar...

Mystery of Tower Hamlets posts

By Dan Peters | 09 June 2015

Tower Hamlets LBC’s commissioners have approved permanent appointments to the senior posts of chi...

Rotherham restructure gets green light

By Dan Peters | 09 June 2015

A management restructure of troubled Rotherham MBC that will give the council an ‘urgently-needed...

Bonds agency 'key agent of change'

By Dan Peters | 09 June 2015

The boss of the firm that will issue the UK’s first municipal bonds has said local government is ...

Councils 'will feel the pinch'

By Dan Peters | 09 June 2015

New local government minister anticipates tough spending choices amid greater devolved funding in...

Adult social care is 'crying out' for £8bn investment

By Dan Peters | 09 June 2015

Local authority treasurers’ societies have taken a sideswipe at the cash-guzzling NHS as they cal...

Minister: Mayoral referendums should not be held

By Dan Peters | 09 June 2015

Referendums should not be held over whether to have directly elected mayors, local government min...

Children's services inadequate after major transformation

By Dan Peters | 05 June 2015

Ofsted has branded children’s services at Surrey CC inadequate.

Minister: Sector faces tough next spending round

By Dan Peters | 04 June 2015

New local government minister Marcus Jones has warned the sector it faces a ‘tough’ next spending...

Cameron happy to talk more about London devolution

By Dan Peters | 03 June 2015

Prime Minister David Cameron said today his government was ‘very happy’ to continue talks about f...