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Cumbria County Council to move offices

By MJ reporter | 14 August 2013

The leader of Cumbria CC has said he plans to move staff into a new local authority headquarters ...

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Legal challenge to halt social care cap fails

By Jamie Hailstone | 14 August 2013

Worcestershire and North Yorkshire CCs have won High Court battles over social care costs and ene...

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Conflicts, governance and the LGPS

By Rory Trust | 14 August 2013

Michael Hayles and Rory Trust explore the challenges for local government of working with The Pen...

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Conservatives favour unitary authority

By Jamie Hailstone | 14 August 2013

The Conservative group on Stroud DC has called for a working group to be set up to look at creati...

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Councils to fight London fire cuts

By MJ Correspondent | 14 August 2013

Up to seven councils could take the fight against London mayor Boris Johnson’s proposed fire serv...

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Councils told to rein in the bailiffs

By MJ reporter | 14 August 2013

Local authorities act far too quickly in setting bailiffs to work in collecting unpaid council ta...

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Collecting the cash

13 August 2013

Councils collected more cash last year, but there is still much to do, as Paul Eastwood explains.

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Speed through your accounts

13 August 2013

From being in the lowest quartile of public sector organisations, Oldham MBC is now outstripping ...

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How Barnet bounced back from the brink

By Helen Randall | 13 August 2013

Helen Randall comments on how, following the success in the Court of Appeal, Barnet LBC now signp...

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District View by Nicola Bulbeck

By Nicola Bulbeck | 13 August 2013

Teignbridge's car parking strategy generates crucial revenue, boosts the local economy and custo...

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