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PEOPLE
Hall to retire as New Local chair
By Martin Ford | 09 May 2023
Chair of the New Local think-tank Donna Hall is to step down from the role.
ELECTIONS
An out-of-the-ordinary election
By Jonathan Carr-West | 09 May 2023
Jonathan Carr-West says successive administrations have weakened local government: starving it of...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Davies expected to take over as chair of LGA
By Heather Jameson | 05 May 2023
The next chair of the Local Government Association (LGA) is expected to be Labour’s Shaun Davies ...
PLANNING
Compulsory purchase changes a 'slippery slope'
By Martin Ford | 04 May 2023
A row has broken out in the House of Lords over proposed changes to compulsory purchase orders (C...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Wish you were here
02 May 2023
Spoof images of Conservative Calderdale councillors went viral recently after local politicos wer...
FINANCE
EXCLUSIVE: Rowley considers broadening Oflog remit
By Dan Peters | 02 May 2023
Local government minister Lee Rowley has suggested he is open to considering widening the remit o...
WHITEHALL
DLUHC briefed on small council funding gap
By Mark Conrad | 02 May 2023
Whitehall officials are monitoring the financial situation at several small local authorities ami...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Public services caught in 'doom loop', think tank claims
By Heather Jameson | 02 May 2023
Public services are stuck in a ‘doom loop’ of providing public services without tackling the unde...
WHITEHALL
Council staff respond to Sudan evacuation
By Mark Conrad | 02 May 2023
Councils have been urged to ‘apply maximum flexibility’ when UK nationals returning from Sudan pr...
ELECTIONS
Cynicism about politicians reaches all-time high
By Ben Page | 02 May 2023
Ben Page says most people still feel that there is an imbalance in Government spending at a local...
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