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DEVOLUTION

Liverpool mayor: Cuts will cripple local government

By Dan Peters | 08 January 2015

Liverpool’s elected mayor has accused the Tories of ‘kicking the shit’ out of local government an...

FINANCE

Councils warned over tax rises

By Dan Peters | 07 January 2015

Ministers have threatened the highest spending town councils with the prospect of being forced to...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Plans to create pool of external experts

By Dan Peters | 06 January 2015

Government moves away from sector-led improvement in children’s services have been criticised day...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Public safety is top concern for whistleblowers

By Dan Peters | 06 January 2015

The proportion of concerns about public safety in local government dealt with by a whistleblowing...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Councils in bid to gain multi-CA membership

By Dan Peters | 06 January 2015

Councils have called for a change in the law to allow them to be full members of more than one co...

FINANCE

Care Act is 'ticking timebomb'

By Dan Peters | 06 January 2015

Lib Dem minister Norman Lamb has been urged to address concerns over the soon-to-be-implemented C...

FINANCE

Betts warns of tax system 'collapse'

By Dan Peters | 06 January 2015

The chair of the communities and local government committee has called for a revaluation as part ...

FINANCE

Councils must seek new finance sources

By Dan Peters | 06 January 2015

The man responsible for developing social impact bonds has urged councils to start thinking now a...

FINANCE

Give authorities powers to increase tax on long-term empty homes

By Dan Peters | 06 January 2015

Giving local authorities the power to increase tax on empty homes could raise as much as £215m a ...

BUSINESS

Workshop shows ways to offset frontline service cuts

By Dan Peters | 06 January 2015

Senior local government officers will meet in Nottingham next week to hear how Midlands councils ...

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