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WHITEHALL
Asylum issues damaging Home Office relations with councils
By Martin Ford | 16 June 2023
The Home Office is ‘failing to work effectively with local authorities’ in clearing its asylum ba...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Scrap proposed infrastructure levy, council leaders say
By Mark Whitehead | 16 June 2023
Council leaders and developers have written to local government secretary Michael Gove criticisin...
HEALTH
Weathering the storm – tackling the climate and health crises in tandem
By Graham Duxbury | 14 June 2023
The impacts of extreme weather are felt first by those who have least protection, and the solutio...
PLANNING
That Bill and the dead hand of centralism
By Ian Miller | 13 June 2023
Such new powers as councils are given are limited either on the face of the Levelling Up and Rege...
HOUSING
Councils warn of 'trauma' for evicted refugees
By Martin Ford | 12 June 2023
A surge in homeless refugees is expected as Afghan evacuees are evicted from hotels.
ECONOMIC GROWTH
What is the future of commercialism?
By Paul Marinko | 06 June 2023
Commercialism in local government has had its ups and downs. A Local Partnerships and The MJ roun...
WHITEHALL
Ministers pile pressure on councils amid asylum crisis
By Dan Peters | 05 June 2023
Ministers are piling pressure on concerned councils as the Government pushes ahead with plans to ...
HOUSING
Making our vision reality
By Bill Handley | 01 June 2023
Cllr Bill Handley reflects on the rapid progress South Cambridgeshire DC has made in ensuring the...
CLIMATE CHANGE
Water scarcity: an increasing barrier to building
By Natalie Brahma-Pearl | 30 May 2023
Natalie Brahma-Pearl says water scarcity is the latest issue created by the climate emergency and...
PLANNING
Questions over council land purchase proposals
By Martin Ford | 30 May 2023
Labour's proposed legislation would allow councils to buy land at agricultural values using compu...
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