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Articles by Joe Lepper
EXCLUSIVE: Sector warns Government over rental crackdown
By Joe Lepper | 15 August 2025
Councils have privately warned they will be unable to enforce a planned toughening up of regulati...
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...
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