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FINANCE

Auditor in 'unlawful' budget warning

By Mark Conrad | 20 February 2018

Crisis-hit Northamptonshire CC was this week told to rip up its 2018/19 budget after auditors war...

PLANNING

More powers needed to unlock land for housing - LGA

By Hiba Mahamadi | 16 February 2018

Councils should be allowed to charge developers full council tax where land is left after securin...

FINANCE

Where next for Northants?

By Simon Edwards | 12 February 2018

Simon Edwards looks at where next for Northamptonshire CC after it became the first authority in ...

WHITEHALL

Porter: Play nicely or Government will impose reorganisation

By Dan Peters | 08 February 2018

The chairman of the Local Government Association, Lord Porter, has warned the sector to 'stop fig...

WHITEHALL

Javid finds extra £166m in final settlement

By Mark Conrad | 06 February 2018

Local government secretary Sajid Javid has found an additional £166m to ease spending pressures i...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Boom in elderly population stretching counties to 'breaking point'

By Laura Sharman | 17 January 2018

An 'unprecedented' rise in the number of elderly people in rural county areas is pushing counties...

FINANCE

We want an extension of the transitional grants

By Simon Edwards | 16 January 2018

Counties' core grants are set to drop double the rate of other council types, says Simon Edwards ...

FINANCE

We are too often left dealing with unintended consequences of policy

By Debbie Ward | 13 December 2017

A new year brings new challenges. Debbie Ward outlines what county chiefs can expect from 2018.

FINANCE

We need a system of fairer funding fit for the 21st Century

By Nick Rushton | 12 December 2017

Responding to recent challenges to fair funding lobbying efforts by the County Councils' Network,...

WHITEHALL

LGA backs transition grant

By Dan Peters | 29 November 2017

The Local Government Association (LGA) has backed calls for an extension of the controversial tra...

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Head of Democratic Services, Elections & Monitoring Officer

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Director, Local Government Reform and Devolution

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Essex County Council