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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.

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...

Care Act easements end

By Martin Ford | 26 March 2021

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

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.

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...

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.

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...

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

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...

Former Haringey chief takes Nottingham role

By Martin Ford | 23 March 2021

The former chief executive of Haringey LBC during the Baby Peter case has returned to the local g...