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LEGISLATION
Unite hits out at Labour in fire and rehire move
By Heather Jameson | 09 July 2025
Councils under government intervention could be exempt from a legal ban on so-called fire and reh...
INTERVENTION
Councils using planning time extensions 'too often'
By Martin Ford | 30 June 2025
More councils could face Government intervention over planning following a tightening of rules.
POLITICS
Council warns Government plan would force £95m savings
By Dan Peters | 26 June 2025
Croydon LBC would have to deliver the ‘highest level of service cuts made by one council in one y...
FINANCE
Call for Warrington officers' resignations
By Martin Ford | 23 May 2025
Conservatives in Warrington have called for senior officers to resign following the announcement ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Enter the matrix
By Colin Foster | 22 May 2025
As councils embark on local government reform, Colin Foster presents a matrix to support better o...
INTERVENTION
Nottingham still 'dependent upon EFS'
By Martin Ford | 12 May 2025
Nottingham City Council remains dependent on exceptional financial support (EFS) but has laid the...
INTERVENTION
Ministerial envoys to be sent to Warrington
By Martin Ford | 08 May 2025
A team of ministerial envoys are to be sent to Warrington BC amid doubts over the council’s ‘will...
PEOPLE
New commissioner for Woking
By Martin Ford | 17 April 2025
Barry Scarr has been appointed as finance commissioner at Woking BC.
ANGELA RAYNER
EXCLUSIVE: Rayner drops Brum inquiry plan
By Emily Twinch | 09 April 2025
Angela Rayner has dropped government plans for a statutory inquiry that would have investigated L...
INTERVENTION
Future Forum: Commissioner tells chiefs to invite challenge
By Dan Peters | 19 March 2025
The lack of transparency and challenge are common themes in all council failures, a local governm...
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