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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Isle of Wight seeks to continue children's services partnership
By Dan Peters | 10 November 2017
Isle of Wight Council will ask to continue its children’s services partnership with Hampshire CC,...
LONDON COUNCILS
Kober reselected for Haringey seat
By Heather Jameson | 09 November 2017
The chair of London Councils and leader of Haringey LBC has fought off a challenge from Labour ac...
COUNCILLORS
White Van Man on ... sexual harassment
07 November 2017
If this sleaze stuff carries soon there won’t be any politicians left which can only be a good th...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Giving councillors a voice
By Rachel Wall | 06 November 2017
Local government must organise itself to support its councillors in their interactions with exter...
COUNCILLORS
For Pete's sake!
31 October 2017
‘I’ve broken into houses, stolen cars, mugged many people, I’ve sold drugs and guns, had genital ...
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...
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