Crime

By Dan Peters | 05 July 2023

Cyber criminals view local government as a ‘lucrative target,’ the Local Government Association’s...

Moonlighting madness

04 July 2023

Enfield LBC has become the latest council to admit naughty staffers were caught holding down seco...

LEGAL

Council leader and deputy to face court after charges

By Mark Conrad | 27 June 2023

Ashfield DC’s leader has been summonsed to court charged with alleged fraud, money laundering, pa...

HEALTH

Unlock some of the held-back adult social care reform funding

By Beverley Tarka | 20 June 2023

While the first survey of adult social care directors since the pandemic contains some good news,...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Starting a new chapter

By Dr Jo Casebourne | 19 June 2023

The aim of Foundations – the new national What Works Centre for Children and Families – is to pro...

WHITEHALL

LGA demands talks over anti-terror law

By Mark Conrad | 19 June 2023

The Local Government Association (LGA) has demanded fresh talks with senior Home Office figures a...

CRIME

Russian hackers accessed private data, council says

By William Eichler | 08 June 2023

Gloucester City Council has warned residents that some personal information may have been stolen ...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Scotland's police must account locally

By George Thorley | 05 June 2023

Details of the Strategic Partnership Agreement for Policing recently signed with COSLA are still ...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

What if councils refused to manage frontline services?

By Heather Jameson | 30 May 2023

After the Metropolitan Polace announced officers would stop attending non-emergency mental health...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Councils 'not ready' for Met's mental health withdrawal

By Mark Conrad | 30 May 2023

Local authorities are not ready for the major consequences of the Metropolitan Police Services’ (...

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