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WHITEHALL

Councillors fear blame for looming tax rise

By Dan Peters | 21 October 2021

Senior councillors have expressed fears they will be blamed for raising council tax amid a false ...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Will steps finally be taken to protect public servants?

By Heather Jameson | 20 October 2021

As Westminster contemplates the tricky tightrope of balancing safety and democracy, free speech a...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Gove to be quizzed on councillor security

By Chris Mahony | 19 October 2021

MPs are to question local government secretary Michael Gove on the security of councillors follow...

WHITEHALL

Pressure rises on Gove to build social housing

By Dan Peters | 19 October 2021

Pressure was this week mounting on new housing secretary Michael Gove to ramp up the building of ...

HEALTH

Think-tank in call for wellbeing budgets

By Chris Mahony | 18 October 2021

The Government should introduce ‘wellbeing budgets’ that look beyond gross domestic product (GDP)...

BUSINESS

LGA: External audit firms need to address their shortcomings

By Dan Peters | 18 October 2021

Town hall leaders have said external audit firms ‘need to address their shortcomings’ to improve ...

FINANCE

'Tough decisions' for Peterborough

By Martin Ford | 15 October 2021

Peterborough City Council faces ‘tough decisions’ to get a grip on its finances, according to a p...

SOCIAL CARE

Age UK warns 10% council tax hike would still not fix care

15 October 2021

Charity Age UK has warned council tax would need to go up by another 10% next year just to allow ...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Penna view

By Julie Towers and Toni Hall | 13 October 2021

Julie Towers and Toni Hall offer a sneak preview of the annual Chief Executive Survey set to be p...

HOUSING

Ombudsman flags housing waiting lists 'backlog'

By Laura Sharman | 13 October 2021

The high number of families trying to join councils’ housing waiting lists has been highlighted b...

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