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CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Torbay interim chief executive takes permanent role

By Martin Ford | 01 April 2021

The appointment of Anne-Marie Bond was confirmed at an extraordinary council meeting last night.

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

MHCLG board recruits two new members

By Martin Ford | 31 March 2021

Dame Alison Nimmo and Jeffrey Dodds will help shape the department’s work.

HOUSING

MPs call for government to 're-commit' to Everyone In

By Martin Ford | 31 March 2021

Councils ‘can and should’ provide accommodation for all homeless people, a report by MPs has conc...

SOCIAL CARE

Care Act easements end

By Martin Ford | 26 March 2021

Emergency powers allowing councils to suspend Care Act requirements during the pandemic have been...

FINANCE

Financial collapse at Croydon could have been avoided

By Martin Ford | 26 March 2021

Chances to avert the council’s current financial plight were missed, its leader has admitted.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

City leaders raise concerns over levelling up fund

By Martin Ford | 25 March 2021

Council leaders have questioned the how effective the Government’s levelling up fund will prove t...

HEALTH

Public health professionals warn against 'top-down domination'

By Martin Ford | 25 March 2021

The Government’s new approach to public health must be locally-led, experts have said.

BUSINESS RATES

Opposition to greater council control of business rates

By Martin Ford | 24 March 2021

The prospect of handing more powers over business rates to local government has been given a fros...

BUSINESS RATES

Holiday homes tax loophole to be closed

By Martin Ford | 24 March 2021

The Government has announced a clampdown on tax breaks for second homes

EDUCATION

Councillors call extraordinary meeting over director secondment

By Martin Ford | 23 March 2021

Councillors in Stockport said they had been ‘treated with contempt’ after a joint director with T...

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