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FINANCE

Workers protest over pay

By Dan Peters | 11 September 2023

Workers staged a protest at the Local Government Association’s (LGA) Smith Square headquarters to...

PENSIONS

Plotting a course for the pensions workforce

By Ian Colvin | 11 September 2023

Ian Colvin says while there is no one answer to the challenge of recruitment and retention withi...

BUSINESS

Embracing innovation is key to LATCOs

By Martin Cresswell | 11 September 2023

Martin Cresswell looks at the factors contributing to the success of Local Authority Trading Com...

FINANCE

LGA: Section 114s show system is 'broken'

By Martin Ford | 11 September 2023

The Local Government Association (LGA) will cite the number of section 114 notices issued by coun...

HEALTH

Councils press for more stringent air quality targets

By Martin Ford | 06 September 2023

Local authorities have dismissed claims air pollution targets cannot be met by 2030.

FINANCE

Be bold and better

By Cllr Abi Brown | 04 September 2023

Oflog may be the Government’s plan for improvement, but Cllr Abi Brown suggests the local governm...

DEVOLUTION

Upholding the good name of local government

By Dan Peters | 04 September 2023

The Government says Oflog will be using data ‘to prompt questions – not judgements’. But, with ne...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Housing pressures may push councils into effective bankruptcy

By Dan Peters | 04 September 2023

Rising housing pressures will force some councils to effectively declare bankruptcy, a local auth...

FINANCE

Middlesbrough agrees to independent improvement advisory board

By Dan Peters | 04 September 2023

Middlesbrough Council has agreed to have an independent improvement advisory board for a year fro...

FINANCE

South East Councils to consider devolution of vehicle excise duty

By Dan Peters | 01 September 2023

The devolution of vehicle excise duty (VED) will be among the options expected to be considered b...

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