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EXCLUSIVE: Authorities left unaware of welfare funding details

By Dan Peters | 06 May 2015

Councils remain in the dark over how this year’s allocation for ‘crucial’ local welfare assistanc...

SOLACE seeks views on ethics code

By Dan Peters | 06 May 2015

Ideas about what should be in an overarching statement of ethics for senior public service manage...

Councils told to 'observe due diligence'

By Dan Peters | 06 May 2015

Local government lawyers have tried to reassure councils worried they may be on unstable legal gr...

'Mismanaged' LGPS faces funding deficit of £47bn

By Dan Peters | 05 May 2015

The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) has an estimated funding deficit of £47bn, latest figu...

Councils urged to be prudent when exploring derivatives

By Dan Peters | 05 May 2015

Councils thinking about dipping their toes back into the financial derivatives market have been w...

Rotherham MBC was given list of CSE suspects in 2003

By Dan Peters | 05 May 2015

A list of the suspected main perpetrators of organised child sexual exploitation in Rotherham in ...

Battle lines drawn ahead of election

By Dan Peters | 28 April 2015

Battle lines have been drawn across local government ahead of the last week of campaigning.

Silence over McElhinney's exit payment agreement

By Dan Peters | 28 April 2015

Liverpool City Council has refused to give details of payments made to the chief executive of its...

Conflicts of interests 'will be monitored'

By Dan Peters | 28 April 2015

A building share between the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) and Department for Communities and ...

Need for speed over chief appointment

By Dan Peters | 28 April 2015

Tower Hamlets LBC’s Conservative group leader has urged the chief executive recruitment process t...