EXCLUSIVE: Government to hear Brexit legal base fears
April 25, 2019
Continuing concerns around the future legal base of regulatory work after Brexit will be raised at the next EU exit local government delivery board, The MJ understands.
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Select committee chair urges scrapping of social care Green Paper
April 25, 2019
A senior backbencher has called for the social care Green Paper to be scrapped.
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Performance monitoring rap for Stirling
April 25, 2019
Stirling Council must have better processes for evaluating and reporting its performance so it can identify how to improve, a report by the Accounts Commission has said.
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EXCLUSIVE: LEPs challenge Government performance review
April 24, 2019
Frustrated local enterprise partnerships (LEP) have demanded changes to the Government’s annual performance review (APR) process.
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Hopes for legislative backing behind new code
April 24, 2019
An overhaul of financial management in councils could be enshrined in law, according to a consultation that stakeholders must respond to within days to influence.
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Government misses self-imposed Easter reorganisation deadline
April 24, 2019
Preparations for local government reorganisation in Northamptonshire are moving ahead despite councils continuing to wait for a formal Government decision.
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Housing shortage hampers councils' homelessness reduction efforts, MPs told
April 24, 2019
A social housing shortage is holding back councils from preventing homelessness, MPs have heard.
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Further delay to devolution drive
April 24, 2019
The Government’s repeatedly-delayed devolution framework will not be published until after Brexit, minister Jake Berry has admitted.
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'Productivity deals' with big business needed to jump-start local economies
April 18, 2019
Councils should strike ‘productivity deals’ with the biggest businesses in their region to ensure residents benefit from private sector growth, a new report urged today.
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