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PLANNING

Thanet chief executive resigns

By Jonathan Werran | 05 January 2015

Thanet DC chief executive Dr Sue McGonigal has resigned from her post following a six-month leave...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Chief executives honoured in New Year's list

By Jamie Hailstone | 02 January 2015

The chief executive of Edinburgh City Council and the deputy chief executive of Hillingdon LBC ar...

HEALTH

Wellbeing is about much more than just health

By Christine Berry | 22 December 2014

Wellbeing has been a familiar term in local government for a number of years but what does this m...

FINANCE

New Homes Bonus has 'some way to go'

By Dan Peters | 17 December 2014

The New Homes Bonus has ‘some way to go before it can reach its full potential to impact on attit...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Force councils to adopt local plans, CLG committee demands

By Jonathan Werran | 16 December 2014

Government planning reforms should be amended to tackle anxieties about inappropriate and unsusta...

PLANNING

Ten Welsh councils in combined authority push

By Jonathan Werran | 09 December 2014

Proposals issued to establish a combined authority for the South East Wales region able to take c...

WHITEHALL

How Newham led historic bid on betting

By Kim Bromley-Derry | 08 December 2014

Newham LBC chief executive Kim Bromley-Derry on how his council is leading a historic bid to redu...

PLANNING

Ex-minister calls for scrapping of quango

By Jamie Hailstone | 08 December 2014

A Conservative MP will today call for the Planning Inspectorate to be scrapped to help protect vi...

WHITEHALL

Osborne pushes through housing plan

By Tom Bridge | 03 December 2014

Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed major reforms designed to speed up house building and the...

PLANNING

Accessibility for all

By Paul Gamble | 03 December 2014

On the United Nations day for disabled people, Paul Gamble expresses frustration that the Governm...