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WHITEHALL
Ministers expected to stick with referendum threshold
By Dan Peters | 08 November 2022
Whitehall officials are not expecting returning local government secretary Michael Gove to make c...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Councils could resurrect legal action over asylum
By Dan Peters | 07 November 2022
Government attempts to fix the UK’s ‘broken’ asylum system could be hit as West Midlands mets thr...
FINANCE
Council defends chief's controversial package
By Mark Conrad | 31 October 2022
Hambleton DC has defended a controversial £225,000 redundancy package for its chief executive.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
New bullying policy for criticised council
By Martin Ford | 31 October 2022
A council is expected to overhaul its anti-bullying procedures after accusations of officers exer...
COUNCILLORS
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...
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- Shadow minister warns devolution Bill will 'die' without talks
- Ahead of LGR decisions, tribalism hasn't had the chance to take hold in Norfolk
- Call for developers to be hit with stick
- DCN rebrands to Local Councils Network amid reorganisation
- A rocket booster has been fired under the tax devo debate
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