Javid’s renewed rally for devo
September 20, 2017
Communities secretary Sajid Javid has urged council leaders to ‘put the party politics aside’ for the sake of devolution.
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Union suspends industrial action in Birmingham bin dispute
September 19, 2017
Trade union Unite has suspended industrial action involving refuse workers after the High Court ordered Birmingham City Council to withdraw redundancy notices it had served on 113 employees.
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Council to spend £250,000 on leisure centre inquiry
September 20, 2017
Dumfries & Galloway Council’s £250,000 investigation into the failings of a sports and leisure centre is expected to start after a meeting next week.
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'Systemic and persistent' failures in council's children's services
September 20, 2017
Worcestershire CC has said it has invested an extra £5.1m into improving children’s social care this year after a damning report from a government commissioner.
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Improvement panel to remain in Birmingham
September 19, 2017
The team brought in to turn Birmingham City Council around has backtracked on its plans to withdraw.
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‘Ease pay restraints or face retention crisis’
September 19, 2017
Councils could face a management-level recruitment and retention crisis unless public sector pay restraint is eased, a respected think-tank has warned.
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Javid’s top-to-bottom social housing review
September 19, 2017
Communities secretary Sajid Javid has launched a green paper on social housing in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
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Further blow to South Yorkshire devolution deal
September 18, 2017
Barnsley and Doncaster MBCs refused to back a Sheffield city region devolution deal at a crunch meeting of all four south Yorkshire leaders this morning.
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Directors call for more cash to tackle roots of domestic abuse
September 19, 2017
The president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services has called on the Government to provide councils with sustainable funding so that they can invest in the prevention of the domestic abuse of children.
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