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FINANCE
LGA homes scheme dumped for PWLB
By Jamie Hailstone | 29 November 2016
A Local Government Association (LGA) scheme to help councils build new homes has folded because a...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Focusing on fostering pressures
By Cllr Richard Watts | 29 November 2016
Rising numbers of children entering care means the foster system is under severe pressure. Cllr R...
WHITEHALL
Crossing the divide between Whitehall and Town halls
By Sandra Dinneen | 29 November 2016
In the wake of the District Councils' Network Autumn Assemble, Sandra Dinneen comments on the imp...
WHITEHALL
Parties unite over lack of social care cash
By Jamie Hailstone | 28 November 2016
All four political groups at the Local Government Association (LGA) have warned the Government ‘c...
FINANCE
Autumn Statement: No cash for ailing social care
By Sam Clayden | 23 November 2016
Local government and health bosses have reacted with fury after the chancellor failed to address ...
FINANCE
Autumn Statement: Councils facing £337m costs over new living wage
By Laura Sharman | 23 November 2016
Councils are expecting to fork out an extra £337m a year after the living wage was increased to £...
WHITEHALL
Whitehall must stop curbing councils
By Sam Clayden | 23 November 2016
The Government will fail to solve the housing crisis if it continues to ‘disincentivise’ councils...
WHITEHALL
Bob's a chairy guy
23 November 2016
There are double-hatters aplenty in the local government world, but one man in particular has suc...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Healey: Rethink housing legislation after U-turn
By Sam Clayden | 22 November 2016
Shadow housing secretary John Healey has called for a rethink on the rest of the Housing and Plan...
FINANCE
DCLG 'complacent' over commercial risks
By James Evison | 18 November 2016
Central government ‘must do more’ to understand local authority finances and their impact on taxp...
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