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COVID

Councils start to bring staff back to office

By Martin Ford | 21 July 2021

Councils have begun the process of bringing home-working staff back into offices as COVID-19 rest...

FINANCE

No pay-out for suspended director

By Dan Peters and Martin Ford | 21 July 2021

Croydon LBC’s suspended executive director of place has resigned with no pay-out, The MJ understa...

FINANCE

Walsall's £29m savings plan suffers delays

By Martin Ford | 20 July 2021

The council’s flagship £28.9m savings programme has been hit by delays as COVID-19 continues to t...

PLANNING

Pressure mounts over planning reforms

By Martin Ford | 19 July 2021

Conservative councillors have bolstered the growing numbers opposing the Government’s planning re...

FINANCE

Lancashire rules out city of culture bid

By Martin Ford | 19 July 2021

The council has resisted pressure to back the county’s bid to become the next city of culture in ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Freeports threaten to 'undermine devolution'

By Martin Ford | 16 July 2021

Devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales have raised concerns they are being sidelined by t...

HOUSING

Scottish councils receive £3bn housing grant

By Martin Ford | 16 July 2021

Local authorities in Scotland are to share more than £3bn of funding in a bid to increase the del...

DEVOLUTION

Combined authorities lack 'maturity'

By Martin Ford | 16 July 2021

A metro mayor has said combined authorities are not ready to take on new powers.

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Minister fends off towns fund criticism

By Martin Ford | 15 July 2021

The Government aims to detail how the success of the towns fund will be judged before the summer ...

HOUSING

Salford to establish housing association

By Martin Ford | 14 July 2021

The city council is bidding to create its own housing association.

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