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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Pension funds urged to play levelling up role

By Martin Ford | 26 May 2021

Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds could provide a £16bn boost to levelling up the coun...

WHITEHALL

Fears over local audit future after new regulator is confirmed

By Martin Ford | 26 May 2021

The announcement of a new regulator for public sector audits has failed to quell widespread fears...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Income gap widest in deprived areas

By Martin Ford | 25 May 2021

The Office for National Statistics found the most deprived council areas have the biggest dispari...

WHITEHALL

COVID-19 travel advice a 'recipe for confusion'

By Martin Ford | 25 May 2021

Councils say they were left in the dark over Government advice warning against travelling to area...

FINANCE

Council's Grenfell recovery costs top £400m

By Martin Ford | 24 May 2021

Kensington and Chelsea LBC has spent more than £400m in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster.

FINANCE

Council companies lose £600k

By Martin Ford | 21 May 2021

North Yorkshire CC’s commercial ventures are facing a loss of more than £600,000 following a year...

WHITEHALL

Computer glitch held back local contact tracing

By Martin Ford | 21 May 2021

Software error in the national system has delayed councils in tracing hundreds of potential COVID...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Jenrick questions 'confusing' reorganisation poll

By Martin Ford | 21 May 2021

Voting is underway in a postal ballot organised by district councils on competing unitary authori...

WHITEHALL

MPs sceptical over council audit shakeup

By Martin Ford | 20 May 2021

The influential Public Accounts Committee quizzed mandarins over the new powers given to the Audi...

WELFARE

'Alarming' rise in child poverty in North East

By Martin Ford | 19 May 2021

Research has found the top 10 local authority areas with the greatest increase in child poverty w...

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