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Warning East Midlands could lose out

By Dan Peters | 30 March 2015

The chairman of East Midlands Councils has warned his region could lose out in the national focus...

MJ Forum 15: Kerslake - We can't repeat cuts that went before

By Dan Peters | 27 March 2015

Implementing the same level of cuts to local government in the next five years as seen in the las...

MJ Future Forum 15: Bichard: NAO will become more important

By Dan Peters | 27 March 2015

The chair of the National Audit Office (NAO) has predicted the organisation will become increasin...

Councillors to 'raise merry hell with ministers' over delay

By Dan Peters | 25 March 2015

A promise by ministers to exempt councillors’ travel expenses from tax by the beginning of 2015/1...

London's devolution progress 'disappoints'

By Dan Peters | 24 March 2015

Newham’s mayor has told The MJ he is ‘staggeringly disappointed’ with devolution in London so far...

EXCLUSIVE: Stand-off over counter-fraud strategy

By Dan Peters | 24 March 2015

A new counter-fraud strategy for councils has been delayed with the Department for Communities an...

Policy evaluations under scrutiny

By Dan Peters | 24 March 2015

The Government has been criticised by a select committee over the amount of evaluation it carries...

Postal vote reminder branded 'needless'

By Dan Peters | 24 March 2015

Returning officers are being forced to write more than 100,000 letters containing postal voting i...

EXCLUSIVE: BCF 'journey must continue' says minister

By Dan Peters | 24 March 2015

Local government minister Kris Hopkins has told The MJ he wants the Better Care Fund to continue ...

Councils' own firms in need of tax holiday

By Dan Peters | 24 March 2015

New council-owned trading companies should be given a three-year corporation tax holiday funded b...