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WHITEHALL
Adult care talks snubbed as tensions grow in sector
By Dan Peters | 18 October 2017
A sector offer to help build cross-party consensus on the way forward for adult social care has b...
WHITEHALL
Labour may ditch flagship National Care Service name
By Dan Peters | 11 October 2017
Labour may ditch the name of its flagship National Care Service policy, the party’s shadow minist...
COUNCILLORS
LGA defends criticism of imbalance of female-male chairs
By Hiba Mahamadi | 10 October 2017
Only two out of 10 chairs of Local Government Association (LGA) boards this year are women.
FINANCE
Council tax increase warning
By Dan Peters | 05 October 2017
Local authorities in Wales will be forced to increase council tax by the maximum 5% next year, a ...
PLANNING
Councillors attack planning reforms
By Dan Peters | 28 September 2017
Scottish Government proposals to overhaul the planning system would erode the local democratic pr...
FINANCE
Scots set for new care abuse claims
By Mark Conrad | 27 September 2017
Scotland’s councils have been warned to brace themselves for a wave of compensation claims from p...
FINANCE
Management restructure could save £400k
By William Eichler | 26 September 2017
A proposed management restructure at South Ribble BC and an increase in the use of shared service...
FINANCE
Not laid back about leisure
By Sohail Munawar | 20 September 2017
Slough BC is investing more than £58m in its new leisure strategy. Cllr Sohail Munawar explains t...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
'Systemic and persistent' failures in council's children's services
By Dan Peters | 20 September 2017
Worcestershire CC has said it has invested an extra £5.1m into improving children’s social care t...
WHITEHALL
Andrew Gwynne: We need a DCLG that will fight for the sector
By Dan Peters | 20 September 2017
As the Labour conference gathers in Brighton, Shadow communities secretary Andrew Gwynne talks to...
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