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WHITEHALL

Department's financial views questioned

By Dan Peters | 14 November 2023

Levelling up civil servants have told council chiefs financial pressures have eased but watchdogs...

WHITEHALL

The problem is Government, not local government

By Paul Martin | 14 November 2023

Paul Martin argues councils are being forced to focus on minimum service levels while maximising ...

FINANCE

Don't call it a comeback

By Dan Peters | 14 November 2023

Dan Peters talks to Cllr Rowenna Davis and Mayor Jason Perry about Croydon LBC's improvement jour...

FINANCE

Spectre of s114 looms over Nottingham

By Mark Conrad | 14 November 2023

Nottingham City Council has edged closer to issuing a section 114 notice after revealing it still...

FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: Improvement grant talks to start with zero-based review

By Dan Peters | 13 November 2023

A zero-based budgeting review will take place as part of talks on next year’s sector-led improvem...

FINANCE

Wales struggles to spend UKSPF cash

By Andrew Vaux | 13 November 2023

Wales has topped the list of regions for the amount of UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) cash una...

CLIMATE CHANGE

English-Welsh council partnership signed in bid for extra funding

By Ellie Ames | 13 November 2023

Two English and two Welsh county councils have signed a partnership agreement.

CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate change: combatting fatalism

By Graham Duxbury | 13 November 2023

Groundwork’s new strategy is one for a fair and green future in which people, places and nature t...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Is it time to remove the reins on local government finances?

By Alison Ring | 13 November 2023

Centralisation clearly isn’t working for England, so could radical plans for fiscal devolution be...

WHITEHALL

Supported housing struggles exposed in PAC report

By Andrew Vaux | 10 November 2023

The strained supported housing sector is blighted by fraud, inadequate financial resources and mi...

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Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

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Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council

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