Councillors

By Martin Ford | 31 October 2022

A council is expected to overhaul its anti-bullying procedures after accusations of officers exer...

Standards chair challenges government

By Martin Ford | 25 October 2022

The Committee on Standards in Public Life (CSPL) has expressed disappointment over Government rej...

PEOPLE

DCN vice chair awarded peerage

By Martin Ford | 17 October 2022

District Councils’ Network (DCN) vice-chair Sharon Taylor is to step down from the role after bei...

RECRUITMENT

'Mistrust and dysfunction' at Middlesbrough

By Martin Ford | 17 October 2022

A breakdown in relations between officers and members at Middlesbrough Council has been highlight...

WHITEHALL

Levelling up, scaling down?

By Heather Jameson and Dan Peters | 13 October 2022

Key measures on planning expected to be moved from flagship levelling up Bill.

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Unitaries are not an everywhere panacea

By Richard Stokoe | 04 October 2022

Based on his experience of living in Cornwall, Richard Stokoe concludes the current rural unitary...

FINANCE

Long-buried report reveals 'organisational dysfunction'

By Dan Peters | 03 October 2022

‘Organisational dysfunction at the most senior level’ of Croydon LBC has been laid bare in a long...

BUSINESS

New equal pay deal moves step closer

By Dan Peters | 29 September 2022

A new round of settlements in Glasgow’s long-running equal pay dispute have moved a step closer a...

WHITEHALL

Former councillors dominate new ministerial line-up

By Heather Jameson | 28 September 2022

The new ministerial team at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has ...

COUNCILLORS

Wrong time, wrong place

20 September 2022

Who’d be a dissenting councillor during times of national crisis?

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