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HOUSING

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...

HOUSING

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...

PAY

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...

HEALTH

Discharge fund 'destabilised' care market

By Martin Ford | 26 January 2023

A Whitehall mandarin has heard of the fallout from emergency measures aimed at easing hospital be...

FINANCE

Authorities react to Best Value notices

By Martin Ford | 26 January 2023

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority and Middlesbrough Council have received Best V...

DEVOLUTION

Labour fleshes out Take Back Control Act

By Martin Ford | 25 January 2023

Councils would have a legal right to request further devolution under a future Labour Government.

DEVOLUTION

Gove promises further devolution and funding changes

By Martin Ford | 25 January 2023

Local government secretary Michael Gove has promised further devolution and changes to funding in...

CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND ACCOUNTANCY

A question of reserves

By Martin Ford | 24 January 2023

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ desire for more data on councils’ level...

WHITEHALL

Levelling up directors could be scrapped

By Martin Ford | 24 January 2023

Plans to appoint a dozen levelling up directors may be scrapped, a minister has admitted.

DEVOLUTION

Call to 'hardwire' levelling up into law

By Martin Ford | 24 January 2023

A call has been made for levelling up to be ‘hardwired into law’ by a coalition of councils and b...

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