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Watchdog calls for NHS and care funds to be pooled

By Martin Ford | 11 October 2018

Increased social care funding is the only way to relieve pressure on hospitals, local government ...

Burns leaves Scotland for Northern Ireland

By Martin Ford | 10 October 2018

Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council has appointed a new chief executive.

Reform outsourcing to restore confidence, think-tank urges

By Martin Ford | 10 October 2018

Councils are looking at new ways of providing services as outsourcing slumps, a think-tank has fo...

New adult social services chief for West Sussex

By Martin Ford | 10 October 2018

A round-up of the latest personnel moves in the local government sector.

IPPR backs radical tax reforms

By Martin Ford | 09 October 2018

Replacing council tax with a new property tax could help tackle wealth inequality, a new report h...

North Yorkshire warns of social care's 'existential crisis'

By Martin Ford | 09 October 2018

North Yorkshire CC has backed calls for a social care premium to resolve the ‘existential crisis’...

English councils undergoing harshest spending cuts

By Martin Ford | 09 October 2018

English councils have been hit twice as hard by spending cuts compared to their Scottish and Wels...

Councils' concern over Universal Support withdrawal

By Martin Ford | 08 October 2018

Councils have reacted with dismay after the Government handed support for the Universal Credit (U...

McDonnell calls for end to Universal Credit

By Martin Ford | 08 October 2018

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has called for Universal Credit to be scrapped.

Government intervention in Tower Hamlets ends

By Martin Ford | 05 October 2018

Government intervention in the running of Tower Hamlets LBC has officially ended.