Humour

16 September 2020

Last week, the sector mourned the sudden departure of local government minister Simon Clarke.

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Cardwell's well chilled

02 September 2020

Tongues have been wagging among ex-colleagues of Peter Cardwell after he announced he was writing...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Trying to switch off

17 August 2020

The majority of the sector is currently on its summer holidays after a strenuous few months.

WHITEHALL

No clowning around

17 August 2020

As the UK continues to tentatively reopen, we’ve now reached those activities you would least exp...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Doorbell diversion

10 August 2020

Council chief executives can sometimes struggle to illustrate the practical implications of theor...

Council search for zombies

10 August 2020

News that the walking dead will be descending upon the local area would normally lead the council...

FINANCE

I have a joke but

27 July 2020

Every now and again a social media phenomenon catches the mood and goes viral.

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

The stamp of the SpAd

23 July 2020

Special advisers come and go with the ever-moving merry-go-round of ministers.

WHITEHALL

Language locked down

10 July 2020

As George Orwell famously highlighted in his classic book 1984, language has the power in politic...

HUMOUR

No messing

06 July 2020

We’re all used to polite campaigns calling for an end to rubbish excuses for littering and encour...

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