LEGAL

Pickles: Councils acting out James Bond fantasies

By Heather Jameson | 13 March 2015

Councils were accused of ‘acting out their James Bond fantasies’ by communities secretary Eric Pi...

HEALTH

Things are pretty grim for pensioners

By Andrew Kaye | 12 March 2015

Pensioners risk being condemned to the most miserable existence now cuts to crucial care and othe...

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...

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