Ministers have promised radical improvements to data sharing across children’s services after two critical reports this week identified problems that led to child deaths.
Payments using a taxpayer-funded procurement card to firms selling pasties and collagen-based superfoods are under review at troubled Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority.
The Government has rejected concerns that new procurement rules will create more red tape for local authorities.
Councils have been handed powers to terminate commercial relationships with firms that have ‘strong links’ to Vladimir Putin’s ‘murderous regime’.
Senior council officials want greater powers to safeguard Ukrainian refugees amid fears revised national guidance still leaves some people vulnerable.
Sheffield City Council chief executive Kate Josephs has reiterated her apology after details of her lockdown-busting leaving party were detailed in a Whitehall report.
Levelling up directors will act as champions for local government in Whitehall, a minister has told peers.
New research has found social care reform costs will exceed Government estimates by £10bn but ministers have rebuffed calls for more funding.
‘Huge equal pay challenges in many areas’ could be sparked if employers are forced to retrospectively delete pay points, chief executives have been warned.
Integrated Care Systems (ICS) must not be ‘driven by structure,’ The MJ’s Future Forum heard today.
More than 500,000 people are now waiting for social care and since spring 2021 there has been a seven-fold increase in the number of hours a week of home care that could not be delivered.
Government will reform mental health laws to make it harder to detain people and to stop the disproportionate use of the laws against BAME communities.
Jackie Weaver did not have the ‘authority’ to mute and eject councillors from the online parish council meeting that went viral, an investigation has concluded.
The number of people dying while homeless has increased by 80% in two years, shocking new research reveals.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to tackle increasing pressure on household budgets when he makes his Spring Statement today.
Mike Suarez considers the role of social networking tools in local government decision-making.
Luton Council’s chief executive Trevor Holden has held a series of meetings with his corporate directors to bring back spending within budget.
