Councillors

By Heather Jameson | 21 April 2022

Former mayor of Liverpool City Council, Joe Anderson, is no longer under investigation by Lancash...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Council accepts peer review's call for change

By Mark Whitehead | 19 April 2022

East Riding of Yorkshire Council has accepted a peer review’s calls for change after it found the...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Chief warns leaders over governance overhaul

By Martin Ford | 14 April 2022

A chief executive has warned council leaders a proposed governance overhaul will put £600m of Gov...

FINANCE

Gloucester not insured against cyber-attack

By Martin Ford | 12 April 2022

The council has yet to discover the full financial impact of December’s attack.

WHITEHALL

Alarm bells ring over scrapping of housing rule

By Dan Peters | 11 April 2022

The Government risks ‘drastically undermining’ London’s ambitions to boost affordable housebuildi...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Porter warning over fresh reorganisation push

By Chris Mahony | 11 April 2022

Some district councils may seek unitary status to ensure they can influence the new wave of combi...

SCRUTINY

Peer challenge criticises councillor infighting

By Martin Ford | 06 April 2022

Councillors at Windsor & Maidenhead BC are ‘showing the council in a poor light’ according to a c...

The status quo on oversight of councillors' behaviour isn't acceptable

By Claire Kober | 05 April 2022

We are concerned by the threats, intimidation and toxic debate that has come to characterise much...

COUNCILLORS

The Government's response on standards is a missed opportunity

By Mark Greenburgh | 22 March 2022

The Government’s long-delayed response to the Committee on Standards in Public Life review of loc...

COUNCILLORS

Scots watchdog castigates Islands over joint board

By Chris Mahony | 22 March 2022

A Scots watchdog has issued a scathing report, criticising unlawful decision-making and governanc...

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