Dclg

By Dan Peters | 05 January 2017

The move to 100% business rates retention will ‘end in tears,’ the chairman of the Local Governme...

FINANCE

Javid announces £7bn affordable housing fund

By Laura Sharman | 05 January 2017

The communities secretary has announced that housing providers will now be able to apply for a sh...

FINANCE

Regenerating rundown communities

By Colin Crooks | 03 January 2017

The Government's plan to invest in rundown estates provides a prime opportunity for councils to i...

WHITEHALL

PAC: Government overstated Troubled Families effectiveness

By William Eichler | 20 December 2016

The Government has ‘overstated’ the effectiveness of its Troubled Families programme and been ‘ev...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

MPs raise concerns over devolution

By William Eichler | 19 December 2016

The Government has failed to clearly define its objectives for devolution in England and must imp...

Rebel councils stand firm in face of DCLG crackdown

By James Evison | 16 December 2016

Three rebel local authorities flouting the Department for Communities and Local Government’s (DCL...

HEALTH

'Whitehall's failure to end trusts' charity claims wastes cash and harms health'

By Sam Clayden | 13 December 2016

Ministers’ failure to end a long-running legal dispute between NHS trusts and councils is wasting...

WHITEHALL

DCs pitched into responding to county unitary bids

By Dan Peters | 13 December 2016

District councils have been pushed into responding to a wave of county unitary bids as communitie...

DCLG

Casey review is not over – it's just the start for councils

By Heather Jameson | 06 December 2016

Following the publication of Dame Louise Casey's community cohesion review, Heather Jameson calls...

DCLG

The challenge begins here

By Heather Jameson | 06 December 2016

With the long-anticipated release of Dame Louise Casey’s opportunity and integration review, Heat...

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