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Green light for COVID-19 vaccine in care homes

By Martin Ford | 07 December 2020

The Medicines And Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved a method of splitting...

Care home workers take vaccine priority over NHS

By Martin Ford | 04 December 2020

Care home workers have been given top priority in the COVID-19 vaccination programme following a ...

Bolton calls for powers to set deficit budgets

By Martin Ford | 04 December 2020

Councillors want to suspend the Local Government Finance Act 1992 for the duration of the COVID-1...

Council waits on Brexit funding

By Martin Ford | 04 December 2020

Funding is yet to secured for a building to handle new customs arrangements when the Brexit trans...

Council taxpayers to 'pay more and get less'

By Martin Ford | 03 December 2020

Local authorities have been left in the unenviable position of raising taxes in an effort to bala...

Welsh councils express 'deep concern' about city centres' survival

By Martin Ford | 03 December 2020

Three Welsh authorities have called for financial support for city centres, warning: ‘If they fai...

Secure children's home places 'inadequate'

By Martin Ford | 02 December 2020

Young people are being ‘failed’ by a lack of places in secure children’s homes, research publishe...

Croydon issues second Section 114 notice

By Martin Ford | 02 December 2020

The council still faces a shortfall of £66m, 21 days after its first notice was issued.

Care workers given vaccine priority

By Martin Ford | 02 December 2020

Social care workers will be among the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccination as early as next ...

Councils feel 'punished' by COVID-19 restrictions

By Martin Ford | 01 December 2020

Councils have reacted with ‘surprise, dismay and disbelief’ as vast swathes of the country face u...