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FINANCE
MPs back social care ringfence
By Jamie Hailstone | 30 March 2015
Three quarters of sitting MPs have backed calls by the Local Government Association (LGA) to prot...
FINANCE
Lack of joint budget adding to hospital discharge problems
By Jamie Hailstone | 27 March 2015
A lack of pooled health and social care budgets is exacerbating problems with community services ...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
EXCLUSIVE: Stand-off over counter-fraud strategy
By Dan Peters | 24 March 2015
A new counter-fraud strategy for councils has been delayed with the Department for Communities an...
WHITEHALL
Town halls 'need their own OBR'
By Heather Jameson | 24 March 2015
Local government needs its own version of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) now the Audi...
HEALTH
Pass on powers 'or economy will stall'
By Jamie Hailstone | 24 March 2015
Council leaders have reiterated their calls for more powers from Westminster, amid claims local g...
BUSINESS
Call for devolution of minimum wage enforcement
By Dan Peters | 24 March 2015
Newham LBC and the GMB trade union have called for the power to enforce underpayment of the natio...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
LGA: care costs to swallow up council tax revenues
By Jonathan Werran | 24 March 2015
Town hall chiefs have claimed that more than half of the average council tax bill will go toward ...
FINANCE
Piecemeal won't work
By Cllr David Sparks | 23 March 2015
Last week’s Budget contained some vital lobbying wins for local government, but the sector must k...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
On to the next chapter
23 March 2015
Heather Jameson takes time out with LGA Labour Group leader Jim McMahon to discuss the associatio...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
It's time to regulate the regulator
By Cllr David Simmonds | 23 March 2015
Cllr David Simmonds calls for a full independent review of Ofsted.
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- Council backlash over asylum reforms
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Getting Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Moving Apply for this job
Assistant Director – Children and Families
£80,995 - £86,757
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- Council backlash over asylum reforms
- EXCLUSIVE: LGA reduces transparency of key meeting
- Local government leaders must connect the council financial crisis to lived experience
- Exclusive: Councils must be made an equal partner in designing a national care system, says Casey
- Casey urged to consider potential of LATCos for social care
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