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WHITEHALL
Fresh league table fears
By Dan Peters | 16 June 2020
The prospect of council performance being ranked in a league table has been raised again this week.
WHITEHALL
Government stands firm after Pickles plea
By Paul Marinko | 12 August 2019
The Government has said it ‘would not be appropriate’ to pay legal costs to whistleblowers in ele...
ELECTIONS
Pickles: Fraud can change council control
By Naomi Larsson | 24 July 2019
There are still weaknesses in the running of local elections, a House of Lords select committee h...
WHITEHALL
Councils to appeal 'town hall Pravdas' ruling
By Dan Peters | 14 June 2019
Waltham Forest and Hackney LBCs will appeal after a judge backed Government attempts to stop them...
FINANCE
Councils on reserves danger list named
By Dan Peters | 28 May 2019
Eleven councils in danger of running out of reserves have been publicly named in the face of cont...
FINANCE
Savings don't stop cavings
18 June 2018
Ex-communities secretary Eric Pickles is soon to be elevated to join his House of Lords chums, he...
WHITEHALL
Pickles for Strictly?
14 May 2018
These days secretaries of state at Marsham Street barely have time to gather their thoughts befor...
HUMOUR
Davis has Pickles for lunch
23 February 2018
Former communities secretary Eric Pickles was rather fond of a free lunch.
PAY
Declining pay is an issue for both staff and chiefs
By Michael Burton | 26 July 2017
It seems like another era when communities secretary Eric Pickles lambasted council chief executi...
FINANCE
The pick of Pickles
24 May 2017
Diary has long been unashamed in its appreciation for former communities secretary Sir Eric Pickles.
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