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LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Report warns councillors not to meddle in operational affairs
By Dan Peters | 10 March 2015
Officers at Portsmouth City Council (PCC) have ‘often felt under pressure to write reports that t...
SOCIAL CARE
Care Act will bring legal challenges, councils are warned
By Dan Peters | 10 March 2015
A local government lawyer has warned that councils could be exposed to legal challenges when the ...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Chief cleared over resignation request
By Dan Peters | 03 March 2015
Cornwall Council’s chief executive Andrew Kerr’s request for a councillor who posed a ‘serious ri...
HEALTH
A healthy new direction or a costly gamble?
By Ros Ashcfort | 03 March 2015
Judith Barnes and Ros Ashcroft examine the legal and constitutional implictions of Greater Manche...
FINANCE
Chief executive axe concerns prompt rethink
By Jamie Hailstone | 27 February 2015
The leader of Oxfordshire CC has announced he look will again at scrapping the role of the chief ...
WHITEHALL
Supreme court rules Euro funds are lawful
By Heather Jameson | 25 February 2015
A Supreme Court Judge has branded the secretary of state’s decision to cut European funds to Mers...
FINANCE
No action is no option
By Heather Jameson | 25 February 2015
Recommendations by the Independent Commission on Local Government Finance pull together current t...
PLANNING
Disputes body for Section 106
24 February 2015
An external body could be given legal powers to determine Section 106 disputes between local plan...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Council to launch judicial review against Pickles
By Dan Peters | 24 February 2015
A council is today expected to decide to launch a judicial challenge against communities secretar...
FINANCE
SIGOMA highlights local government finance 'imbalance'
By Dan Peters | 24 February 2015
Urban councils have warned they may be unable to deliver key services to poor, high-need areas wi...
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- Council backlash over asylum reforms
- EXCLUSIVE: LGA reduces transparency of key meeting
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- Exclusive: Councils must be made an equal partner in designing a national care system, says Casey
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Executive Director of Transport
£128,216 – £156,241
Getting Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Moving Apply for this job
Assistant Director – Children and Families
£80,995 - £86,757
Our promise to Sheffield’s children and young people is that Sheffield will be a place where they belong, Apply for this job
Assistant Director of City Transport
£ to match our ambition
You’ll keep abreast of emerging approaches and best practice Apply for this job
- Council backlash over asylum reforms
- EXCLUSIVE: LGA reduces transparency of key meeting
- Local government leaders must connect the council financial crisis to lived experience
- Exclusive: Councils must be made an equal partner in designing a national care system, says Casey
- Casey urged to consider potential of LATCos for social care
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