Legal

By Heather Jameson | 08 November 2019

The Royal Mail has today launched a High Court bid to halt industrial action, claiming the ballot...

PLANNING

Ministry in 11th-hour housing climb-down

By Dan Peters | 28 October 2019

The Government has revised its housing delivery test result for Lewes DC after a legal challenge ...

Councillors to apologise at 'sexist culture' council

By Dan Peters | 24 October 2019

Two councillors have agreed to apologise after investigations at a council where an outgoing chie...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Victims in the line of fire

By Martin Ford | 23 October 2019

Local government monitoring officers are increasingly being caught in power struggles between sen...

WHITEHALL

Spielman in fresh illegal schools warning

By Dan Peters | 22 October 2019

Ofsted’s chief inspector has made a fresh call for the Department for Education (DfE) to crack do...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

High Court rejects call for judicial review on SEND spending

By Paul Marinko | 08 October 2019

The High Court has dismissed a legal challenge from families seeking a judicial review to the Gov...

LEGAL

Glasgow faces legal battle over homeless services

By Heather Jameson | 03 October 2019

Shelter Scotland has launched a legal battle against Glasgow City Council over failures in its ho...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Funding withheld from LEPs

By Dan Peters | 30 September 2019

Five local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) have had capacity funding withheld in 2019/20 because t...

FINANCE

Council reaches £674k settlement with union

By Martin Ford | 23 September 2019

An employment tribunal brought by Unison against Somerset CC will not go ahead after they agreed ...

FINANCE

Councils clamp down on rate collection with bailiffs

23 September 2019

Councils sent bailiffs to 310 company premises a day last year due to business rate-related arrea...

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