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Tax reforms and £90m secured in Scottish budget deal

By Martin Ford | 31 January 2019

A £90m windfall for local authorities and moves to reform council tax have been pledged by the Sc...

Northampton undervalued housing stock by £86m

By Martin Ford | 31 January 2019

Northampton BC undervalued its housing stock by £86.7m, contributing to a delay of more than a ye...

Health secretary seeking cross-party support for care funding

By Martin Ford | 30 January 2019

A range of funding options will be laid out in the adult social care Green Paper in a bid to find...

Doubt over New Homes Bonus payments

By Martin Ford | 29 January 2019

A minister has refused to guarantee that £500m of New Homes Bonus payments due to councils will b...

DCN chairman calls for end to 'public rows'

By Martin Ford | 29 January 2019

District councils have been warned against engaging in ‘bust ups in the press’ over the fair fund...

Scottish budget defeat looms

By Martin Ford | 28 January 2019

The Scottish National Party is facing defeat over its budget this week after a row over local gov...

Liverpool housing plans killed by legal challenge

By Martin Ford | 28 January 2019

A deal between Liverpool City Council and Redrow Homes to build luxury properties on the fringes ...

CQC appoints new adult care chief

By Martin Ford | 28 January 2019

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has appointed Kate Terroni as chief inspector of adult social c...

Fraudster took £1m from Westminster pension fund

By Martin Ford | 25 January 2019

A council worker who defrauded a pension fund for more than £1m has today been sentenced to seven...

Lord Patten questions council officers' training

By Martin Ford | 25 January 2019

Veteran business leaders should be brought in to manage councils, a Tory grandee has suggested.