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WHITEHALL

Council housing stock will be 'decimated' by right to buy

By Sam Clayden | 29 January 2016

Local government leaders have called for greater powers to build new homes after report revealed ...

FINANCE

Birmingham leadership team reshaped

28 January 2016

Waheed Nazir, Birmingham City Council’s director of planning and regeneration has been appointed ...

FINANCE

Don't allow the Treasury to divide and rule

By Heather Jameson | 27 January 2016

As the Devolution Bill today receives Royal Assent, Heather Jameson explains why widespread rebe...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Education 'notable for its absence' in devo deals

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2016

The Department for Education (DfE) is trailing behind other parts of Whitehall in its willingness...

WHITEHALL

'Agree, or I'll set a plan,' says Clark

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2016

Communities secretary Greg Clark has urged the sector to strike an agreement on how business rate...

FINANCE

Clark resists local demand to bring forward finance settlement cash

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2016

Communities secretary Greg Clark has publicly rejected calls from the sector to frontload cash to...

WHITEHALL

'Quit complaining about lack of cash,' LGA told

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2016

Greg Clark has suggested the sector should quit complaining about a lack of adult social care fun...

WHITEHALL

Councils urged to move fast on bonds agency

By Dan Peters | 22 January 2016

Councils have been urged to ‘move as fast as possible’ to sort paperwork that would allow them to...

FINANCE

Clark: Treasury demanded efficiency plans

By Dan Peters | 21 January 2016

The requirement for councils to draw up an efficiency plan in return for securing a four-year set...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Demand to halt payments for school conversions

By Mark Whitehead | 19 January 2016

Councils should no longer be forced to pay for the cost of schools converting into academies, loc...