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SOCIAL CARE
Care bosses 'blindsided' by foreign dependents ban
By Mark Conrad | 20 December 2023
Social care bosses were ‘blindsided’ by ministers’ ban on international staff bringing dependents...
ELECTIONS
Minister denies 'passive' approach to voter registration
By Martin Ford | 14 December 2023
Local government minister Simon Hoare has denied the Government is taking a ‘passive role’ in vot...
PAY
The more things change
By Ann McGauran | 11 December 2023
Funding and asylum policy are just two of the themes that have bookended an eventful year in loca...
FINANCE
Gove in 'crying wolf' claim
By Martin Ford | 06 December 2023
Local government secretary Michael Gove has claimed some people in the sector have ‘been crying w...
WHITEHALL
Committee calls for Government action on council debt chasing
By Martin Ford | 01 December 2023
Councils have been found to use ‘heavy-handed’ tactics to chase council tax debts, according to a...
FINANCE
Call to clampdown on 'aggressive' tax collection
By Martin Ford | 01 December 2023
Councils have been found to use ‘heavy-handed’ tactics to chase council tax debts, according to a...
FINANCE
MPs press Government to resolve audit crisis
By Martin Ford | 24 November 2023
The Government should show more urgency in tackling the local audit crisis, a committee of MPs ha...
PEOPLE
MPs demand answers on Oflog independence
By Dan Peters | 24 November 2023
MPs have called for the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to outline the degre...
WHITEHALL
Department's financial views questioned
By Dan Peters | 14 November 2023
Levelling up civil servants have told council chiefs financial pressures have eased but watchdogs...
FINANCE
DLUHC blasted over levelling up failure
By Mark Conrad | 08 November 2023
The levelling up department has been blasted for failing to deliver its remit by a senior sector ...
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- Defining the 2030 council comms leadership challenge
- EXCLUSIVE: Councils call for more regulation amid facial recognition rollout
- Burnham 'growth in every postcode' ambition dismissed
- Give mayors 5% of income tax, think-tank says
- Disciplinary investigations: Tackling a hidden public health issue inside our workplaces
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