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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Modern slavery referrals rocket
By Ann McGauran | 15 March 2019
Referrals of potential victims of modern slavery made by councils have soared tenfold in five yea...
WHITEHALL
Automatic checks used to decide 80% of Settled Status applications
By Dan Peters | 04 March 2019
Four out of five of the 150,000 applications for Settled Status so far have been accepted after a...
CRIME
Council denies 'litany of failures' in Shamima Begum case
By William Eichler | 19 February 2019
Tower Hamlets LBC has denied claims it was responsible for a ‘litany of failures’ leading up to t...
FINANCE
Fraudster took £1m from Westminster pension fund
By Martin Ford | 25 January 2019
A council worker who defrauded a pension fund for more than £1m has today been sentenced to seven...
WHITEHALL
Controversial Prevent strategy to be reviewed
By Martin Ford | 23 January 2019
An independent review of the Prevent anti-radicalisation programme will take place, ministers hav...
CRIME
Crime prevention budgets slashed
By William Eichler | 21 January 2019
Crime prevention budgets have been cut by more than a half since 2010, an analysis from Labour ha...
FINANCE
Newham to improve financial management after £9m fraud allegations
By William Eichler | 16 January 2019
The mayor of Newham has announced plans to form a commission to advise the council on how to ‘bec...
WHITEHALL
Voter ID pilots face legal challenge
By Martin Ford | 15 January 2019
A formal legal challenge to the Government’s voter ID trials has been lodged at the High Court by...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Barnet expected to insource two Capita services
By Martin Ford | 21 December 2018
Barnet LBC is expected to bring two services run by Capita in-house in the coming months.
WHITEHALL
Finance settlement: Government floats commercialisation crackdown
By Dan Peters | 13 December 2018
Whitehall is considering a crackdown on councils that excessively borrow for commercial reasons a...
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