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WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: £4.3m bed cost shambles
By Paul Marinko | 04 April 2023
The Government has held back £600m of promised social care funding after its drive to reduce dela...
DEVOLUTION
Making devo work in Scotland
By George Thorley | 04 April 2023
With the arrival of a new First Minister, George Thorley wonders if now is the time for a new for...
SCRUTINY
Accountability is not a one-way street
By Jessica Studdert | 04 April 2023
Even if Oflog starts life with a light touch, 'there’s little to guard against mission creep seve...
FINANCE
Kent faces £50m overspend amid s114 warnings
By Martin Ford | 03 April 2023
Past failures to deliver on savings targets cannot be repeated if Kent CC is to avoid a section 1...
WHITEHALL
Government moves to introduce mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse
By Mark Conrad | 03 April 2023
Councils are braced for reforms to improve the tackling of grooming gangs – including mandatory r...
FINANCE
Councils to keep 100% of Right to Buy receipts
By William Eichler | 03 April 2023
Local authority leaders have welcomed the Government’s decision to allow councils to keep 100% of...
FINANCE
Tourism tax could raise nearly £430m for councils, study finds
By Mark Whitehead | 03 April 2023
More than £428m a year could be raised by imposing a £1-a-night levy on visitors staying in hotel...
DIGITAL
'There is no way hackers can get into our systems,' said no council ever
By Leo Hanna | 31 March 2023
Local authority leaders are keenly aware that there is no room for error on IT investment cyberse...
HEALTH
Austerity undermined local response to Covid-19, study finds
By William Eichler | 31 March 2023
The hollowing-out of local capability by a decade of cuts left local government struggling to cop...
BUSINESS
Record turnover but fall in profits for Wates
By Martin Ford | 30 March 2023
Developer Wates Group recorded its highest-ever turnover last year, but reported a drop in profits.
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