MPs in waste clarity call

December 1, 2023
England’s town halls cannot prepare for forthcoming waste reforms – including procurement - until ministers provide certainty over the impact on council coffers, MPs have warned.
England’s town halls cannot prepare for forthcoming waste reforms – including procurement - until ministers provide certainty over the impact on council coffers, MPs have warned.
Councils have been found to use ‘heavy-handed’ tactics to chase council tax debts, according to a report by MPs.
Nottingham City Council has issued a section 114 notice after failing to deliver a balanced budget for the current financial year.
Cheshire East Council is expected to appoint Rob Polkinghorne as its new permanent chief executive.
The sector should ‘watch this space’ for an announcement from the Government on the spiralling costs of private placements for children, a minister said today.
Those working in adult social care are ‘already doing a very good job at getting investment and commitments to reform’, according to government minister Helen Whately.
More needs to be done to share data and improve communications with councils, Home Office mandarins have admitted.
The Government must make ‘some difficult decisions’ if it is ‘not able or willing’ to provide funding to meet the financial pressures in children’s services, the Association of Directors of Children’s Services has said.
Labour will ‘have to grasp the nettle fairly early on’ if it wins the General Election about the long-term funding of social care, shadow minister Andrew Gwynne has said.
Few expected the King’s Speech and Autumn Statement to be the silver bullet that solved local government’s problems, says Graeme McDonald, but there is nothing to change the big picture
Councils will be able to recover the costs of business planning applications in return for being required to meet faster timelines, Chancellor says.
Coventry City Council has projected a £12.1m overspend in its budget and warned that service costs are becoming ‘unmanageable’.
Sadiq Khan’s office has been accused of trying to counter scientists who suggested London's ultra low emission zone (ULEZ) had little impact on pollution.
Children who have been referred to social care are twice as likely to fail an English or Maths GCSE than their classmates, a children’s charity has found.
Figures across local and national government have paid tribute to ‘champion of local democracy’ Lord Bob Kerslake.
Nynet is offering businesses in York and North Yorkshire the chance to get online with the latest generation of high-speed broadband.
Over 20 councils are piloting a project to preserve online information for future generations.
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