Council leaders insist waste reforms must be ‘fully funded’
February 18, 2019
Local authority leaders have welcomed plans to ‘overhaul’ the waste system, but cautioned Whitehall that any reforms need to be fully funded.
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Cook boils over about 'crippling' uncertainty
February 15, 2019
Stockton-on-Tees BC’s leader, Cllr Bob Cook, has damned the ‘crippling’ uncertainty surrounding how local government will be funded in future.
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Amey facing £200m Birmingham divorce bill
February 18, 2019
Amey may have to pay more than £200m to extricate itself from its troubled 25-year PFI contract with Birmingham City Council after years of legal difficulties, according to national newspaper reports.
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Councils back out of voter ID trials
February 18, 2019
Three councils have withdrawn from the Government’s controversial voter ID trials.
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EXCLUSIVE: Down to the core
February 13, 2019
Six out of 10 senior council figures admit their authority is now only delivering a basic core offer of service, The MJ and LGiU think-tank’s annual local government finance survey has revealed.
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Spelthorne calls end to commercial investments
February 15, 2019
Spelthorne BC has announced an end to its controversial policy of commercial property investments.
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Highland budget targets £37.5m savings
February 15, 2019
Highland Council is targeting £37.5m of savings in a ‘budget for change’.
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Campaigners press for audit legislation review
February 15, 2019
Campaigners have pressed for review of the five-year-old Local Audit and Accountability Act to ensure it works ‘in the interest of local citizens’.
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Opposition members win vote to resurrect Victory Energy
February 15, 2019
Councillors have made a bid to rescue a council-owned energy company.
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