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Chief executive to leave Portsmouth and Gosport

By Martin Ford | 07 February 2023

The chief executive of Portsmouth City Council and Gosport BC, David Williams, is to step down fr...

Ban on teacher redundancies will shift cuts

By Martin Ford | 06 February 2023

A moratorium on reducing teacher numbers in Scotland will only lead to service cuts elsewhere, a ...

Tax referendum threshold raised for three councils

By Martin Ford | 06 February 2023

Thurrock, Croydon and Slough will be allowed to increase council tax beyond the referendum limits...

'Progress falls short' at Nottingham

By Martin Ford | 02 February 2023

Nottingham City Council has been too slow in turning around its finances, according to the team c...

London borough chief to depart

By Martin Ford | 02 February 2023

The chief executive of Tower Hamlets LBC, Will Tuckley, is to step down, the authority has announ...

Call for fiscal freedom

By Martin Ford | 01 February 2023

Scotland’s councils face their ‘most difficult’ year of budget setting, politicians in Holyrood h...

Council investigates exit payments

By Martin Ford | 31 January 2023

Exit payments made to former Northumberland Council staff may have been unlawful, members have be...

Council calls for review into missing children

By Martin Ford | 30 January 2023

Brighton & Hove City Council has called for a safeguarding review after dozens of unaccompanied a...

Districts rapped by social housing watchdog

By Martin Ford | 30 January 2023

Two district councils have been found to have breached health and safety rules by the social hous...

Councillors split on solution to workforce crisis

By Martin Ford | 26 January 2023

At its latest meeting, the Local Government Association (LGA)’s executive advisory board consider...