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ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Defective PPE is 'outrageous' says Birmingham leader
By Heather Jameson | 14 May 2020
Providing frontline healthcare workers with out of date safety gear is ‘frankly outrageous’ and p...
BUSINESS
Warning over coronavirus and commercial investment cocktail
By Dan Peters | 11 May 2020
Worried finance chiefs have warned some councils that invested in commercial property have been p...
WHITEHALL
Shielding improvements on agenda for LGA and Whitehall
By Dan Peters | 11 May 2020
The Local Government Association is working with Whitehall to improve the support system for the ...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Bristol to bring back chief executive
By Dan Peters | 07 May 2020
Bristol City Council will bring back the role of chief executive – three years after scrapping th...
FINANCE
LGA 'rapidly refocuses' improvement work
By Dan Peters | 05 May 2020
The Local Government Association (LGA) has ‘rapidly refocused’ its improvement work to help counc...
WHITEHALL
Councils urged to help struggling care providers
By Dan Peters | 20 April 2020
Care minister Helen Whately has urged local authorities to use government funding to help any pro...
WHITEHALL
Council launches judicial review over local plan
By Dan Peters | 17 April 2020
Sevenoaks DC has begun judicial review proceedings after the Government’s planning inspector refu...
BUSINESS
KPMG criticised for rejecting Northamptonshire public interest report pressure
By Dan Peters | 02 April 2020
Northamptonshire CC’s commissioners have criticised the council’s former auditors for deciding no...
IMPROVEMENT
The sector has continued to benefit from Best Value
By Abdool Kara | 01 April 2020
Before COVID-19, Brexit, austerity and the recession came Best Value inspection - and the more ob...
BUSINESS
McLaughlin & Harvey wins Commonwealth council contract
By Dan Peters | 18 March 2020
The contract to redevelop a stadium for the 2022 Commonwealth Games has been awarded by Birmingha...
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