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WELFARE
Councils better placed to deliver welfare than DWP, leaders claim
By Martin Ford | 26 April 2023
Sector representatives were brought before the Work and Pensions Committee to hear their experien...
WHITEHALL
Improvement means accepting there is a problem
By Heather Jameson | 25 April 2023
Birmingham City Council is, it would seem, a regular victim of unfortunate events, writes editor ...
WHITEHALL
Warning against 'knee-jerk reaction' over Oflog plans
By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters and Heather Jameson | 25 April 2023
Local government finance expert Rob Whiteman has urged the sector to ‘not be defensive’ as minist...
FINANCE
PFI help is here – but you must act quickly
By Neil Okninski, Senior Director – Commercial, Local Partnerships | 25 April 2023
With 200 PFI contracts due to expire within the decade, the need for monitoring and input is grea...
COMBINED AUTHORITY
The problem with the levelling up cake
By Professor Graeme Atherton | 25 April 2023
Handing out funding from targeted pots and through competitive bidding leads to big disparities i...
FINANCE
Cash is key to invest in prevention
By Sir Stephen Houghton | 25 April 2023
Children’s services need the same attention as adult social care, and the £2.6bn set out in the M...
DEVOLUTION
Report shows stark variations in levelling up funding
By Ann McGauran | 25 April 2023
Competitive bidding has led to a £0.5bn gap in levelling up cash between the best and least funde...
FINANCE
Rowley orders Birmingham finance review over chaotic IT contract
By Heather Jameson | 25 April 2023
A Government-imposed governance review of Birmingham City Council has been expanded after massive...
PLANNING
Lords call for further funding for planning
By Martin Ford | 25 April 2023
Ministers have resisted pressure from peers to increase resourcing for councils despite the plann...
FINANCE
A broken record
By Michael Hudson | 25 April 2023
Michael Hudson says that without resolving the outstanding audit issues council s151 officers fac...
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