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FINANCE

Liverpool targets £30m savings

By Martin Ford | 03 August 2021

Liverpool City Council expects it will have to make savings of £32.9m to balance its budget next ...

DEVOLUTION

'Overwhelming' support for Yorkshire devolution

By Martin Ford | 02 August 2021

An overwhelming majority of people in Yorkshire are in favour of devolving powers from Westminste...

WHITEHALL

Pressure mounts for compulsory asylum dispersal

By Martin Ford | 02 August 2021

Home Secretary Priti Patel is being urged to make the dispersal scheme for unaccompanied asylum-s...

FINANCE

Funding cuts after councils remove cycling schemes

By Martin Ford | 02 August 2021

Councils are facing reductions in Government funding after removing active travel cycling schemes.

BUSINESS

Procurement overhaul to 'undermine' social value

By Martin Ford | 30 July 2021

Peers have warned proposed procurement changes could ‘do more harm than good’ in encouraging coll...

FINANCE

Government sets out method for £15m audit funding

By Martin Ford | 30 July 2021

The Government is to pay out £15m to public bodies to help pay rising audit fees, following the c...

WHITEHALL

Brighton & Hove raises concerns over support for asylum-seeking children

By Martin Ford | 30 July 2021

The council said they had less than 24 hours’ notice before the Home Office placed a number of ch...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Durham set to make chief executive appointment

By Martin Ford | 30 July 2021

John Hewitt is set to become the permanent chief executive of Durham CC having held the role on a...

FINANCE

Council grants oversight 'not fit for purpose'

By Martin Ford | 29 July 2021

The governance of grants worth millions to registered housing providers by Bristol City Council h...

FINANCE

Slough to make £200m capitalisation request

By Martin Ford | 29 July 2021

Slough Council is to ask the Government for a further capitalisation direction worth as much as £...

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