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WHITEHALL

Helping hand for humanity

By Mark Whitehead | 10 September 2015

In the space of a few days a profound change of heart took place over the treatment of refugees –...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Look at the nuts and bolts

By Alex Thomson | 10 September 2015

Local authorities should look at the nuts and bolts of implementing projects, writes Alex Thomson.

WHITEHALL

The Government must fully fund councils helping refugees

By Michael Burton | 10 September 2015

After last week’s storm over the refugee crisis it seems the rivers of Babylon are flooding throu...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

County and unitary may share a chief

By Jamie Hailstone | 10 September 2015

Cambridgeshire CC and Peterborough City Council could start sharing a chief executive when Mark L...

WHITEHALL

One death is a tragedy, a million refugees is a statistic

By Heather Jameson | 09 September 2015

Local government is at its very best in a crisis, writes Heather Jameson.

WHITEHALL

LGA spared top-slice cash cuts

By Heather Jameson | 09 September 2015

Whitehall plans to take sector-led improvement cash out of the hands of the Local Government Asso...

WHITEHALL

Councils left to tackle refugee crisis

By Mark Whitehead | 09 September 2015

The Government is facing a wave of protests from local authorities over its handling of the refug...

BUSINESS

West Somerset 'teetering on the edge'

By Thomas Bridge | 09 September 2015

A council on the road to recovery after being deemed ‘not viable’ by the Local Government Associa...

WHITEHALL

Councils must be 'fully funded' for taking refugees

By Mark Whitehead | 08 September 2015

Social workers have launched a fierce attack on the Government’s response to the refugee crisis, ...

HEALTH

Councils submit bids as Devolution Day arrives

By Dan Peters | 04 September 2015

Councils around the country have submitted devolution bids to meet the Treasury’s deadline.