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ELECTIONS

Election fears raised with ministers

By Martin Ford | 05 December 2023

Concern among council officers was detailed in a new Government-commissioned report on the implem...

LEGAL

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...

DEVOLUTION

Norfolk devolution scheduled delayed

By Martin Ford | 04 December 2023

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

PEOPLE

ALACE appoints honorary secretary

By Martin Ford | 01 December 2023

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

WHITEHALL

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...

FINANCE

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...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

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.

WHITEHALL

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...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

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...

FINANCE

'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...

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