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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Councils key to levelling up agenda, says report

By Martin Ford | 02 October 2020

Local government must have adequate funding to level-up deprived English towns, according to new ...

WHITEHALL

Battle rages for multi-year settlement

By Martin Ford | 01 October 2020

A battle for a multi-year settlement for local government is unfolding ahead of the Government’s ...

FINANCE

Government urged to increase children's services funding

By Martin Ford | 29 September 2020

The Spending Review marks a crucial moment for a system of children’s social care that is reachin...

FINANCE

Call for multi-year funding

By Martin Ford | 29 September 2020

Ministers have been urged to commit to multi-year settlements for local government by the Charter...

INFRASTRUCTURE

Councils enlist MPs' help over lorry parks

By Martin Ford | 28 September 2020

Local authorities have called on MPs to help lobby the Government over the creation of lorry park...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Towns Fund selection 'warps economy'

By Martin Ford | 28 September 2020

Controversy over the selection process for the Towns Fund has led a campaign group to call for an...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Central Bedfordshire announces new chief executive

By Martin Ford | 25 September 2020

Current director of place and communities, Marcel Coiffait, will take on the role later this year.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Staffing presented 'real and present risk' to council

By Martin Ford | 25 September 2020

Cotswold DC is bolstering its senior officer team following criticism in a corporate peer challenge.

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Future Forum: 'Envy' over councils' speed during crisis

By Martin Ford | 25 September 2020

A senior civil servant has paid tribute to local government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

WHITEHALL

Future Forum: Whitehall 'lacks belief' in councils

By Martin Ford | 25 September 2020

The relationship between local authorities and central government is holding the sector back, The...

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