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Council victory in landmark legal case

By Martin Ford | 04 December 2023

Anyone wishing to launch a legal challenge against a council may have go through its complaints p...

Norfolk devolution scheduled delayed

By Martin Ford | 04 December 2023

Norfolk’s level 3 devolution deal is set to be pushed back to 2025.

ALACE appoints honorary secretary

By Martin Ford | 01 December 2023

The Association of Local Authority Chief Executives (ALACE) has announced that chief executive of...

Committee calls for Government action on council debt chasing

By Martin Ford | 01 December 2023

Councils have been found to use ‘heavy-handed’ tactics to chase council tax debts, according to a...

Call to clampdown on 'aggressive' tax collection

By Martin Ford | 01 December 2023

Councils have been found to use ‘heavy-handed’ tactics to chase council tax debts, according to a...

New chief executive to take over at Cheshire East

By Martin Ford | 30 November 2023

Cheshire East Council is expected to appoint Rob Polkinghorne as its new permanent chief executive.

Home Office admits 'more we can and need to do'

By Martin Ford | 30 November 2023

More needs to be done to share data and improve communications with councils, Home Office mandari...

East Dunbartonshire appoints new chief executive

By Martin Ford | 30 November 2023

Ann Davie joined the council 17 years ago as head of HR and organisational development before bei...

'Critical' to maintain progress, Dundee told

By Martin Ford | 30 November 2023

A finance watchdog has said Dundee City Council is ‘well-run’ but ‘long-standing difficulties rem...

Nottingham issues s114 notice

By Martin Ford | 29 November 2023

Nottingham City Council has issued a section 114 notice after failing to deliver a balanced budge...