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Council services to take £1.1bn hit for adult social care

By Dan Peters | 28 January 2015

The escalating cost of caring for the elderly means councils will have to divert £1.1bn from othe...

EXCLUSIVE: Sector-led improvement is 'right approach for future'

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2015

The senior Local Government Association (LGA) officer in charge of improvement has insisted the s...

Herts CC is biggest innovation winner

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2015

The latest winners from the Department for Education’s £100m innovation programme were expected t...

One-off cash boosts 'not enough'

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2015

Chief executives caught in the middle of a political row on social care this week have argued one...

Burnham hails Salford integrated care organisation

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2015

Andy Burnham has hailed the establishment of an integrated care organisation in Salford as the ‘c...

VIDEO: Ex-children's head sidelined over Rotherham CSE cases

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2015

A former director of children’s services at Rotherham MBC has been sidelined from her job in Aust...

BCF spend 'eroded by extra burdens'

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2015

Financial problems, winter pressures and extra burdens piled on the health service has eroded the...

Council cuts recycling to save local welfare scheme

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2015

A council that battled in court to keep local welfare funding has been forced to propose cuts to ...

Finance pundits urged to help LGA assist councils

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2015

Finance experts have been urged to sign up to help the Local Government Association (LGA) as it o...

LGPS invests in infrastructure

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2015

Two of the largest local government pension schemes (LGPS) in the UK have agreed to collaborate t...