Legal

25 May 2016

Some readers would have been gripped by the recent BBC drama series Undercover, in which a defenc...

FINANCE

Council leader calls for law change

By Laura Sharman | 25 May 2016

The law should be changed to restrict councils from re-housing large numbers of people outside th...

DCLG

Make your voice heard

By Simon Jones | 24 May 2016

With local journalism in dire straits, further government sanctions on council newspapers will th...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Queen's Speech 2016: Councils face fresh demands under 'care covenant'

By Thomas Bridge | 18 May 2016

Plans to speed up adoption and raise scrutiny on council support for young people were outlined i...

BUSINESS

Ricoh £14m bailout appeal is refused

By Jamie Hailstone | 17 May 2016

High Court judges have dismissed an appeal over a £14m bailout of the Ricoh Arena by Coventry Cit...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

LGA in limbo over next chairman

By Heather Jameson | 17 May 2016

A question mark hangs over who will lead the Local Government Association (LGA) after a legal opi...

Injunction delays report into corruption

By Heather Jameson | 17 May 2016

A report into alleged corruption at Sandwell MBC has been delayed after an injunction to stop its...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Back to school

By Claire Fox | 17 May 2016

After the High Court’s ruling on unauthorised school abscences, Claire Fox warns against the risi...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Somebody's sister, somebody's daughter

By Cllr David Green | 17 May 2016

Cllr David Green explains Bradford MDC’s approach to tackling child sexual exploitation and incre...

BUSINESS

'We're not footing PPP bill' says defiant council

By Dan Peters | 17 May 2016

Edinburgh City Council has vowed ‘not to be left footing the bill’ from the public private partne...

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