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FINANCE

Asylum seekers shunted to poorest council areas

By Mark Conrad | 11 April 2017

Asylum seekers are being housed for £11 each per night under Whitehall’s ‘incredibly parsimonious...

HEALTH

'Give us powers to over-rule commercial confidentiality'

By Mark Conrad | 11 April 2017

Councils are demanding powers to over-rule ‘commercial confidentiality’ when scrutinising how pri...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Watering down workforce diversity

By Claire Fox | 11 April 2017

A recent report may hinder the way workforce diversity is perceived, writes Claire Fox.

FINANCE

MiFID II will have severe implications for pensions investments

By Mark Lloyd | 11 April 2017

Mark Lloyd says the LGA will continue to fight against the FCA's plan to reclassify councils from...

WHITEHALL

Scorn for Bourne's £1bn

By Dan Peters | 11 April 2017

Government figures claiming councils can raise £1bn through the social care precept are massively...

FINANCE

Fighting fraud through collaboration

By Rachael Tiffen | 11 April 2017

Fraud is a serious issue for local government. Rachael Tiffen says setting up a sector-led counte...

FINANCE

Whitehall may step in over authorities' commercial deals

By Dan Peters | 05 April 2017

The Government may intervene to lower the risks associated with the increased commercial activiti...

FINANCE

Sector 'confident' FCA will heed warnings on pension reforms

By Dan Peters | 05 April 2017

Local government insiders are quietly confident the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will listen...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

LGA vows to act over counties' concerns

By Mark Conrad | 05 April 2017

Local Government Association (LGA) chairman, Lord Porter, has promised to act on Conservative cou...

WHITEHALL

'Ludicrous' current council tax situation needs to be tackled

05 April 2017

An ex-chairman of the Local Government Association (LGA) has called for a government-commissioned...

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