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Articles by Joe Lepper
Rutland leader weighing options after confidence vote survival
By Joe Lepper | 14 August 2025
Rutland CC’s leader has pledged to consider alternative reorganisation plans after surviving a no...
MPs: Funding and powers needed to stop bus service decline
By Joe Lepper | 13 August 2025
Councils should be handed more funding and powers to halt a decline in bus services, MPs have tol...
Watchdog urges councils to improve staff support
By Joe Lepper | 07 August 2025
Councils in Scotland have been urged by local government watchdog the Accounts Commission to impr...
CQC: Stronger leadership needed to improve Blackpool's inadequate adult social care
By Joe Lepper | 07 August 2025
The Care Quality Commission has rated Blackpool Council’s adult social care inadequate, warning t...
Rutland leader survives no confidence vote amid reorganisation row
By Joe Lepper | 06 August 2025
The leader of Rutland CC has survived a no confidence vote amid concerns over the local authority...
Boston backs two unitary plan
By Joe Lepper | 04 August 2025
A third Lincolnshire council has called for the county to be split into two unitaries under reorg...
'Blindsided' councillors back scrutiny improvements
By Joe Lepper | 01 August 2025
Councillors have backed measures to improve Cardiff Capital Region’s scrutiny process, including ...
Home Office recommits to closing asylum hotels
By Joe Lepper | 31 July 2025
The Government has insisted it ‘remains committed’ to ending the use of hotels for asylum accommo...
Epping Forest councillors urge Government to close asylum hotel
By Joe Lepper | 25 July 2025
Councillors in Epping Forest have voted unanimously to call on the Government to ‘immediately and...
Councils to be handed powers to inspect rented homes without notice
By Joe Lepper | 21 July 2025
Councils are to be given powers to inspect rented homes without providing notice to landlords.
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