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LOCAL DEMOCRACY
EXCLUSIVE: Lib Dems raise reorganisation concerns
By Dan Peters | 01 September 2020
Lib Dem council leaders have raised ‘serious concerns’ with local government secretary Robert Jen...
PLANNING
Housing targets hit Tory shires most, ministers are warned
By Michael Burton | 25 August 2020
Ministers have been warned that proposed changes to the housing targets formula outlined earlier ...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Casey steps back from homelessness response
By Dan Peters | 20 August 2020
Dame Louise Casey has stepped back from helping with the Government’s emergency homelessness resp...
WHITEHALL
Council-run developer defends closure decision amid whistleblowing claims
By Dan Peters | 20 August 2020
The Northumberland Council-run developer at the centre of whistleblowing allegations has defended...
WHITEHALL
IFS finds £2bn budget black hole
By Michael Burton | 18 August 2020
Councils face a budget black hole of £2bn this year due to unfunded coronavirus costs, a new stud...
LEGAL
Senior officers accuse leader of bullying at Solace president's council
By Dan Peters | 18 August 2020
A bitter row has broken out between senior officers and the leader of the council where the presi...
WHITEHALL
Government relaxes recovery plan demand
By Dan Peters | 17 August 2020
The Government has scrapped its requirement for all councils with a cumulative dedicated schools ...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Trying to switch off
17 August 2020
The majority of the sector is currently on its summer holidays after a strenuous few months.
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Power to the people
By Rhona Cadenhead | 17 August 2020
Waltham Forest launched its first Citizens’ Assembly on how to stop hate. Rhona Cadenhead explain...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Hancock scraps Public Health England
By Michael Burton | 17 August 2020
Ministers have been accused of making Public Health England (PHE) a scapegoat by scrapping the bo...
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