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William Eichler

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Legal threat pushes Devon CC to pause care cuts

By William Eichler | 17 April 2023

Devon CC will pause its plans to cut adult day and respite services after the mental health chari...

Safeguarding review of child sex abuse case withheld

By William Eichler | 11 April 2023

Walsall Safeguarding Partnership (WSP) will not be publishing its review into the largest child s...

Plan to house refugees on former RAF base on hold

By William Eichler | 11 April 2023

The Government’s plan to house asylum seekers on a former RAF airbase has been put on hold after ...

Councils to keep 100% of Right to Buy receipts

By William Eichler | 03 April 2023

Local authority leaders have welcomed the Government’s decision to allow councils to keep 100% of...

Austerity undermined local response to Covid-19, study finds

By William Eichler | 31 March 2023

The hollowing-out of local capability by a decade of cuts left local government struggling to cop...

Councils criticise plans to house asylum seekers on RAF bases

By William Eichler | 30 March 2023

Disused military sites will be used to house asylum seekers who enter the UK illegally on small b...

COSLA announces new chief executive

By William Eichler | 27 March 2023

The national association of Scottish councils today announced a new chief executive.

County council leaders issue 'bleak' finance warning

By William Eichler | 23 March 2023

County councils need to make £1bn worth of savings to cope with ‘unprecedented’ financial pressur...

Council receives enforcement notice after FOI failures

By William Eichler | 22 March 2023

Lewisham LBC has been issued with an enforcement notice after failing to respond to hundreds of o...

Record £14bn needed to fix pothole-ridden local roads

By William Eichler | 21 March 2023

A record £14bn is now needed for local authorities to tackle the local roads maintenance backlog,...