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ECONOMIC GROWTH
Crisis-hit local government 'should not be left alone to pursue growth'
26 October 2023
A crisis-hit local government sector must not be left on its own to pursue regional plans for gro...
FINANCE
Levelling up Bill to become law
By Martin Ford | 26 October 2023
Royal Assent is scheduled to take place later today, when the Bill will officially become an Act ...
PLANNING
Tory backbenchers pile pressure on Government
By Martin Ford | 25 October 2023
The Government has withstood pressure from its own MPs to allow councils to hold remote meetings.
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Home Office accused of misleading council over asylum plans
By Mark Conrad | 24 October 2023
The Home Office faces accusations in the High Court it misled a council over controversial plans ...
DEVOLUTION
'Devolution hopes rest on combined authorities'
By Martin Ford | 24 October 2023
Combined authorities represent the greatest hope for devolution in England, according to a new re...
FINANCE
Listen to the local
By Sir Bob Neill | 23 October 2023
Party conferences are long on rhetoric but leave local government with more questions than answer...
THIRD SECTOR
Putting prevention first
By Abigail Langley | 23 October 2023
Abigail Langley puts the high level of strategic priority placed on prevention in South Norfolk a...
FINANCE
EXCLUSIVE: Nightmare before Christmas?
By Dan Peters | 23 October 2023
The provisional local government finance settlement will be published just before Christmas, coun...
WHITEHALL
Welsh councils to wait for tourism tax
By Dan Peters | 23 October 2023
Tourism taxes will not be in place in Wales until 2027, the Welsh Government has estimated.
WHITEHALL
Child abuse inquiry chair criticises Government response
By Mark Conrad | 23 October 2023
The chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has branded ministers’ respo...
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