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Call to remove care home 'barriers'

By Martin Ford | 14 December 2020

Councils have been called on to ensure care home residents can meet their friends and family.

London enters tier three restrictions

By Martin Ford | 14 December 2020

The Government’s timetable for COVID-19 tier reviews has been pre-empted with the imposition of e...

Councils boycott 'cruel and draconian' deportation rules

By Martin Ford | 11 December 2020

Growing numbers of councils have refused to implement new government rules that could lead to mig...

Boost to local test and trace funding

By Martin Ford | 11 December 2020

The increase of up to £200m per month follows criticism from the National Audit Office.

Deadline day for reorganisation

By Martin Ford | 09 December 2020

Councils in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset face a nervous wait as the deadline passes for ...

Council drops COVID tier three legal challenge

By Martin Ford | 09 December 2020

Stratford-on-Avon DC said new information had come to light following a response from the Governm...

Minister cools on national infrastructure levy

By Martin Ford | 09 December 2020

Government proposals for a national infrastructure levy may be dropped, a minister has suggested.

MPs savage abandoned £192m housing scheme

By Martin Ford | 08 December 2020

A £192m affordable housing programme that failed to deliver any homes has been labelled ‘deplorab...

Lawyers brought in over Towns Fund row

By Martin Ford | 08 December 2020

Legal advisers have been summoned to break a deadlock between civil servants and MPs over a key d...

Opportunities missed prior to murder of child

By Martin Ford | 07 December 2020

Authorities missed opportunities to intervene before a teenager was murdered, an investigation ha...