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WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Housing pressures may push councils into effective bankruptcy

By Dan Peters | 04 September 2023

Rising housing pressures will force some councils to effectively declare bankruptcy, a local auth...

WHITEHALL

Consultancy challenges ministers over pension pooling drive

By Mark Conrad | 24 August 2023

One of the Local Government Pension Scheme’s (LGPS) biggest consultancies has challenged minister...

WHITEHALL

Fresh calls to raise local housing allowance as councils battle homelessness

By Dan Peters | 23 August 2023

Fresh calls have been made for ministers to increase local housing allowance (LHA) after research...

LEGISLATION

Boycott Bill faces Scottish opposition

By Martin Ford | 16 August 2023

The UK Government’s planned ban on council boycotts is facing opposition from Holyrood.

BUSINESS

Scandal-hit firm reports losses

By Mark Conrad | 14 August 2023

A firm at the centre of a residential care abuse scandal has reported operating losses of £5.8m f...

WHITEHALL

EPR scheme payments may come as late as December 2025

By Dan Peters | 14 August 2023

Councils may not receive their first payments under the new extended producer responsibility (EPR...

PENSIONS

Shared cost pensions scheme is a win-win

By Shaun Tetley | 08 August 2023

Salary sacrifice shared cost AVCs enhance employees’ retirement dreams at a time of inflationary ...

WHITEHALL

Councils ignore Whitehall data threat

By Dan Peters | 07 August 2023

A number of councils have ignored a Government threat to suspend their access to Whitehall data b...

BUSINESS

Two in five say officer-member relations are poor

By Mark Conrad | 01 August 2023

More than 40% of town hall staff and councillors believe officer-member relations are poor and hi...

BUSINESS

Capita chief to stand down

By Heather Jameson | 01 August 2023

Capita chief executive Jon Lewis will step down at the end of the year in the wake of two serious...

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Assistant Director Strategy & Community Regeneration

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