Crime

By Mark Conrad | 19 March 2024

Councils face a double whammy of soaring costs and declining police support as they try to enforc...

Counter-extremism faces 'unprecedented challenges'

By William Eichler | 14 March 2024

The battle against radicalisation at the local level faces ‘unprecedented challenges’ due to a la...

BUSINESS

Council probe leads officers to 'step back'

By Mark Conrad | 19 February 2024

Two senior Guildford and Waverley officers have agreed to temporarily ‘step back’ from their role...

HEALTH

Call for greater children's services involvement in policy

By Mark Conrad | 13 February 2024

Children’s services should be more involved in the policy that has led to police no longer attend...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Council hands police file on £1m pay-outs

By William Eichler | 02 February 2024

A file relating to allegedly unlawful exit payments to managers at Northumberland CC has been han...

SOCIAL CARE

Bronson Battersby: Review launched after toddler's death

By William Eichler | 18 January 2024

Lincolnshire County Council has launched a review after the tragic death of two-year-old Bronson ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Newsam report reveals Rochdale exploitation failings

By Mark Conrad | 15 January 2024

Failings by officials at Rochdale Council and senior police meant vulnerable girls were targeted ...

WHITEHALL

LGA calls for powers to withhold councillors' address

By Mark Conrad | 10 January 2024

Monitoring officers should be allowed to withhold councillors’ home addresses from public registe...

DIGITAL

Alarm sounded on cyber threat to local elections

By Martin Ford | 21 December 2023

Ministers have written to councils to warn of attempted foreign interference in next year’s elect...

ENVIRONMENT

UK councils in distress – What can we learn from 'Down Under'?

By Ian Owen | 18 December 2023

Recently returned from a fact-finding trip to Australia, Ian Owen describes how councils in the U...

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