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FINANCE

Call for 'radical rethink' of forced academisation

By Dan Peters | 05 April 2016

Labour has called for a ‘radical rethink’ of the forced academisation of all primary and secondar...

LEGAL

Chesterfield expected to stick with Sheffield

By Chris Ames | 01 April 2016

Councillors in Chesterfield have been asked to consider afresh which combined authority to join a...

PAY

First city director hired on £35k less than chief executive

By Dan Peters | 01 April 2016

Stoke-on-Trent has appointed David Sidaway as its first ever city director.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Districts making a difference

By Sandra Dinneen | 01 April 2016

Sandra Dinneen reports from the final session of this year's District Councils’ Network’s Staff D...

FINANCE

Retiring chief's unitary shake-up call

By Laura Sharman | 21 March 2016

The retiring chief executive of Buckinghamshire CC, Chris Williams, has called for the ‘wholesale...

WHITEHALL

Engagement and accountability key

By Mark Sandford | 17 March 2016

Senior research analyst at the House of Commons Library, Mark Sandford, looks at the unexpected i...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Scottish councils pledge to keep UK in EU

By Jamie Hailstone | 15 March 2016

The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) has announced it will back the campaign to k...

FINANCE

Authorities 'easy targets for controversial LOBO loans'

By Sam Clayden | 15 March 2016

Controversial Lender Option Borrower Option (LOBO) loans should be further investigated, a member...

WHITEHALL

Harrogate in bid to form unitary

By Dan Peters | 15 March 2016

Reorganisation plans continue to surface as part of the fallout from the Government’s devolution ...

HEALTH

Future of devolution difficult to predict

By Andrew Walker | 15 March 2016

Andrew Walker, policy researcher for the Local Government Information Unit think-tank, looks at t...

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Head of Democratic Services, Elections & Monitoring Officer

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