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WHITEHALL

Cabinet seat call for cities

By Dan Peters | 21 October 2014

The Government should consider giving cities a permanent seat at cabinet, a 12-month inquiry publ...

LEGAL

Vote of confidence for Barnet chief

By Dan Peters | 21 October 2014

Barnet LBC’s Conservative council leader Richard Cornelius has insisted chief executive Andrew Tr...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

'Peer reviews are not perfect,' says Sparks

By Dan Peters | 21 October 2014

The chair of the Local Government Association (LGA) has admitted weaknesses with the sector-led i...

FINANCE

Balls ploughs ahead with mansion tax plans

By Dan Peters | 21 October 2014

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls is ploughing ahead with plans for a mansion tax despite criticism from...

FINANCE

Mind the digital gap

By Dan Peters | 20 October 2014

Is local government at the cutting edge in developing digital services or lagging behind? Dan Pet...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Rotherham's Thacker pay off was 'less than required'

By Dan Peters | 20 October 2014

Rotherham MBC has disclosed it paid its strategic director of children’s services £40,000 as part...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Ofsted regime is 'broken', says Donny chief

By Dan Peters | 19 October 2014

Doncaster MBC’s chief executive launched a stinging attack on Ofsted’s ‘broken’ social care inspe...

FINANCE

Sparks: councils cannot take further budget cuts

By Dan Peters | 16 October 2014

Councils will tell the next government in 2015 that the sector cannot take any more cuts, the cha...

LEGAL

'Inexperienced staff' do not understand the law

By Dan Peters | 15 October 2014

Calls have been made for monitoring officers (MO) to have legal knowledge and be at the top table...

EXECUTIVE / COMMITTEE SYSTEM

W Sussex CC gives thumbs down to committee system

By Dan Peters | 14 October 2014

West Sussex CC is expected to dismiss a call to return to the committee system at a full county c...

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