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WHITEHALL

LGA rapped over 'disappointing settlement response'

03 February 2016

A senior Tory Local Government Association (LGA) councillor has criticised his own organisation’s...

HEALTH

Concerns over Better Care Fund delay

By Jamie Hailstone | 02 February 2016

Town hall bosses have appealed to civil servants over delays to the publication of technical guid...

FINANCE

Councils demand extra cash in care visit row

By Jamie Hailstone | 29 January 2016

Town hall chiefs have reiterated calls to bring forward extra cash for the Better Care Fund (BCF)...

HEALTH

HEALTH MJ: Flagship bid fails to cut bed-blocking numbers

19 January 2016

A flagship scheme by a council and the NHS, which aimed to cut ‘bed blocking’ by a quarter, has i...

FINANCE

Fears raised as uncertainty clouds funding settlement

By Dan Peters | 19 January 2016

Government plans to create financial certainty through a four-year funding settlement have been u...

HEALTH

Health/social care integration top of council bosses' agenda

By Jamie Hailstone | 19 January 2016

The integration of health and social care is at the top of the agenda for almost all council boss...

FINANCE

Clark: S151 officers to monitor care precept use

By Sam Clayden | 14 January 2016

Greg Clark has allayed concerns that councils would not spend revenues raised from the 2% precept...

FINANCE

'Alarmed' Tory leader pens letter to Cameron

By Dan Peters | 08 January 2016

A Tory council leader has launched a blistering attack on the ‘poorly handled’ local government f...

FINANCE

Cameron wants to leave a legacy on public sector reform

By Michael Burton | 22 December 2015

Michael Burton explores the challenges of children's services and why the prime minister is targe...

FINANCE

Transforming social care

By Mark Atkinson | 08 December 2015

The new council tax precept is good news, writes Mark Atkinson, but with fewer people receiving c...

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