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BUSINESS
Retrenchment would be the worst thing councils could do
By Andrew Jepp | 23 December 2014
Funding cuts continue to dominate the local council agenda and last week’s announcement of 2015/1...
BUSINESS
We are in a financial straitjacket and it will only get tighter
By Graeme McDonald | 05 December 2014
Director of the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives, Graeme McDonald, on the realities of...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
A worrying trend towards self-sufficiency
By Frances Foster | 05 December 2014
Treasurer of the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities, Frances Foster, on the unfairne...
HEALTH
Councils 'were close' to dumping the BCF
By Dan Peters | 02 December 2014
The Local Government Association (LGA) considered walking away from the Better Care Fund (BCF) pr...
WHITEHALL
Kerslake defends Whitehall knowledge of councils
By Dan Peters | 28 November 2014
The most senior official at the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has defende...
WHITEHALL
Let councils write their own job specs
By Heather Jameson | 18 November 2014
Central government needs to massively scale back on statutory duties and give councils the chance...
HEALTH
Whitehall clash over BCF
12 November 2014
A fiery parliamentary showdown between Better Care Fund (BCF) officials and MPs is destined to ta...
HEALTH
Watchdog criticises Better Care Fund planning
By Jamie Hailstone | 11 November 2014
Care bosses have called for better long-term financial planning following a report by the Nationa...
DCLG
DCLG improving claims NAO
By MJ reporter | 28 October 2014
Levels of staff engagement at the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) have mad...
FINANCE
Fraud and errors cost housing benefit £1.4bn
By Jonathan Werran | 21 October 2014
The viability of the housing system is being put into question through increasing reliance by eve...
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