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CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Council leader steps down amid bullying probe

By Dan Peters | 18 November 2020

A council leader at the centre of bullying allegations has resigned from the role, quit the Labou...

WHITEHALL

Sector braced for more Whitehall interventions

By Dan Peters | 17 November 2020

Local government is braced for further Whitehall interventions in the wake of ministers launching...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall warning over ransomware threat

By Dan Peters | 16 November 2020

Council chief executives have been warned there is an ‘urgent need’ to take steps to mitigate the...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Ripe for a re-write

11 November 2020

Diary is not averse to people putting their best foot forward on their LinkedIn profiles.

FINANCE

Croydon issues Section 114 notice

By Dan Peters | 10 November 2020

Crisis-hit Croydon LBC has issued a Section 114 notice after extra spending controls proved not t...

FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: Sector faces 'second lost decade'

By Dan Peters | 10 November 2020

The local government sector has been warned it faces a ‘second lost decade’ as a new index reveal...

FINANCE

PSAA seeks to increase audit fee role

By Dan Peters | 09 November 2020

The body responsible for overseeing audit fees has proposed a new approach under which it will pl...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Redesign services for a COVID era, says CQC chief

By Dan Peters | 06 November 2020

The chief executive of the Care Quality Commission has called for services to be redesigned for a...

WHITEHALL

Crisis call for return of Everyone In

By Dan Peters | 04 November 2020

The chief executive of homelessness charity Crisis has called for ring-fenced funding for council...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Council grants managing director redundancy request

By Martin Ford | 03 November 2020

The managing director of Wellingborough BC is to leave ahead of the council ceasing to exist next...