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Tensions over children's social workers

By Dan Peters | 08 February 2023

London Councils has launched a broadside at neighbouring South East councils for luring children’...

Treasury tightens grip over DLUHC spending

By Dan Peters | 08 February 2023

New capital projects by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) will now...

Braverman to overhaul Prevent

By Dan Peters | 08 February 2023

Home secretary Suella Braverman has accepted all 34 recommendations to overhaul Prevent after a r...

Food waste delay 'nailed down'

By Dan Peters | 06 February 2023

Government proposals for every household to receive separate weekly food waste collections from t...

Sacked director withdraws tribunal claim

By Dan Peters | 02 February 2023

A South Somerset DC director sacked after allegedly using furloughed council staff to work on her...

Auditor calls for national changes after public interest report

By Dan Peters | 01 February 2023

External auditor Grant Thornton has called for national changes after cataloguing a ‘toxic’ cultu...

Star Hobson council still inadequate, Ofsted finds

By Dan Peters | 01 February 2023

Returning inspectors have judged Bradford City Council’s children’s services to still be inadequa...

Looking ahead after the storm

By Dan Peters | 01 February 2023

Tandridge DC’s discovery of a £1m shortfall could have spelled disaster. Now, with strict account...

Talks to resurrect failing insurance mutual

By Dan Peters | 30 January 2023

Informal talks are ongoing to resurrect local government's failing insurance mutual after it was ...

Energy support scheme success hangs in balance

By Dan Peters | 30 January 2023

The success of a new Government funding scheme hangs in the balance after being hit by delays.