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Pay dispute to stretch into autumn

By Dan Peters | 07 August 2023

The local government pay dispute is destined to stretch into the autumn as trade union Unite warn...

Fresh LGA drive to influence national politicians over skills and employment

By Dan Peters | 07 August 2023

The Local Government Association has proposed to establish a skills and employment working group ...

New housing standards to land councils with £18m bill

By Dan Peters | 07 August 2023

Councils could face an extra bill of £18m to deal with new housing standards, research undertaken...

Councils ignore Whitehall data threat

By Dan Peters | 07 August 2023

A number of councils have ignored a Government threat to suspend their access to Whitehall data b...

Boost for upper-tier councils after LEP decision

By Dan Peters | 04 August 2023

Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) core functions are expected to be transferred to upper-tier lo...

Homes England new housing capacity drops nearly 80%

By Dan Peters | 02 August 2023

Potential new homes unlocked by the Government’s housing and regeneration agency plummeted by 79%...

Little takes over investment pool chair

By Dan Peters | 02 August 2023

The founder of asset management advisory firm Alderwood Partners has taken over as chair of the L...

Sector to step up anti-mayor lobbying

By Dan Peters | 01 August 2023

The sector is to step up its lobbying for the Government to use its King’s Speech to end its fixa...

Select committee report to consider accountability weaknesses

By Dan Peters | 31 July 2023

Weaknesses of the current system of accountability available to local authorities will be conside...

EXCLUSIVE: LGA stance on corporate peer challenges starts to shift

By Dan Peters | 31 July 2023

Elements of the Local Government Association (LGA) are privately moving towards accepting that co...