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'Resilience among top skills needed by council chief executives'

By Martin Ford | 12 April 2019

Personal resilience and storytelling skills are among the most important for new chief executives...

How new Northamptonshire chief tackled 'perfect storm'

By Martin Ford | 11 April 2019

The chief executive of Northamptonshire CC has spoken of how she helped the council on its journe...

LGA chief suggests one year Spending Review possible

By Martin Ford | 11 April 2019

The months ahead represent a crunch time for local government – but not just because of Brexit, a...

Corbyn launches attack on fair funding review

By Martin Ford | 11 April 2019

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has entered the debate over the fair funding review, claiming it ‘wil...

Rule change signalled following London 'social cleansing' accusation

By Martin Ford | 09 April 2019

Local government secretary James Brokenshire has signalled a possible change to the rules to help...

Plea to fund social care through insurance

By Martin Ford | 09 April 2019

A minister has been asked to consider mandatory insurance to ease social care funding pressures i...

City of London bids for first in electric bin collections

By Martin Ford | 08 April 2019

City of London Council is expected to become the first authority in the country to run a fully el...

Councillors grill Capita over planning service

By Martin Ford | 08 April 2019

Directors of an outsourced planning service have been taken to task by councillors.

LGA holds meets with critical sector suppliers

By Martin Ford | 08 April 2019

The Local Government Association (LGA) has opened talks with ‘strategic’ suppliers in a bid to mi...

Bristol energy company labelled a 'waste of money'

By Martin Ford | 08 April 2019

Bristol City Council has sparked controversy by pressing ahead with further investment in its ene...