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Minister warns of 'consequences' for mismanagement

By Martin Ford | 05 October 2022

Levelling up secretary Simon Clarke has warned of ‘consequences’ for councils that are unable to ...

New chief takes the helm at Bracknell Forest

By Martin Ford | 05 October 2022

Susan Halliwell has taken over the role following the previous chief executive officer's retirement.

Devon slapped with improvement notice

By Martin Ford | 05 October 2022

The Government has imposed an improvement notice on Devon CC’s special educational needs and disa...

Bolton announces new chief executive

By Martin Ford | 04 October 2022

Bolton MBC has made an internal appointment for its new chief executive.

Fears over asylum dispersal scheme

By Martin Ford | 26 September 2022

Councils fear growing pressure from people in need of support under the new full dispersal scheme...

Counties call for more devolution progress

By Martin Ford | 26 September 2022

County councils are pressing for more progress on devolution amid suggestions talks have stalled ...

Former Liverpool chief to take interim role

By Martin Ford | 26 September 2022

Tony Reeves is expected to be appointed interim chief executive at Windsor & Maidenhead BC.

Government told to learn from poverty mistakes

By Martin Ford | 26 September 2022

The Scottish Government must learn from past mistakes in its efforts to tackle child poverty, a w...

Alarm sounded over future elections

By Martin Ford | 23 September 2022

A watchdog has questioned the ‘resilience’ of councils to run future elections.

Mini-Budget: IR35 reforms scrapped

By Martin Ford | 23 September 2022

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced the end of IR35 reforms from next April.