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Borough opts for a return to committees

By Paul Marinko | 18 October 2022

West Lancashire BC is the latest council to plump for a return of the committee system.

Black Country row over new homes deal

By Paul Marinko | 17 October 2022

A spat has broken out in the Black Country after Dudley MBC pulled out of a deal with neighbourin...

Mini-Budget: Radical planning reforms unveiled

By Paul Marinko | 23 September 2022

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has signalled reforms to the planning system and house building.

Government launches peer review survey

By Paul Marinko | 15 August 2022

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DHLUC) has launched a survey into the L...

IFS: National Care Service could exacerbate service quality differences

By Paul Marinko | 11 August 2022

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned Scotland’s planned National Care Service ‘could...

Tory councillors' support for leadership hopefuls bucks party trend

By Paul Marinko | 04 August 2022

Support for the two Tory leadership candidates among Conservative councillors is finely balanced ...

Scots councils moot winter warm spaces

By Paul Marinko | 01 August 2022

A string of Scottish councils is believed to be considering the introduction of warm spaces this ...

Think tank calls for beefed up levelling up

By Paul Marinko | 26 July 2022

A think tank has demanded the next government reverse council funding cuts and beef up the levell...

LGA moves to give peer reviews teeth

By Paul Marinko | 25 July 2022

The Local Government Association (LGA) has said all corporate peer challenges (CPC) must now be p...

Tory leadership candidates pitch to councillors

By Paul Marinko | 21 July 2022

Upper tier councils apparently left ‘with a smile on their faces’ after the two remaining candida...