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REORGANISATION
Social care disaggregation cost could hit £500m a year, CCN claims
By Dan Peters | 07 March 2025
The annual recurring cost of splitting up and duplicating county council social care services int...
POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Stretched capacity slows pace of reorganisation
By Martin Ford | 06 March 2025
Small unitary councils are to be spared reorganisation until the map has been redrawn in two-tier...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
LGA chair linked to standing for Parliament
By Dan Peters | 05 March 2025
Local Government Association chair Louise Gittins has been linked with standing in the possible R...
WORKFORCE
Union criticises council's 'fire and rehire' plan
By Joe Lepper | 04 March 2025
The GMB trade union has criticised Tory-led Devon CC for adopting a rare ‘fire and rehire’ strate...
POLITICS
Shortfall worsens after allocation changes
By Dan Peters | 03 March 2025
Councils are facing an additional £76m shortfall in their temporary accommodation budgets followi...
INFRASTRUCTURE
Shadow minister: levelling up 'would take decades'
By Martin Ford | 28 February 2025
The last Conservative government failed to articulate the long-term nature of its levelling up po...
POLICY
Pennycook confirms local plans 'overhaul'
By Dan Peters | 27 February 2025
The Government has confirmed an ‘overhaul’ of local plans.
REORGANISATION
Counties pressure LGA over reorganisation shift
By Dan Peters | 27 February 2025
County council leaders have hit back at the Local Government Association’s (LGA) policy shift on ...
REORGANISATION
EXCLUSIVE: Government open to doughnut unitaries
By Dan Peters | 27 February 2025
Central government is open to a number of so-called doughnut unitaries, with some expanding to ma...
ROUGH SLEEPING
Rough sleeping numbers increase by a fifth
By Dan Peters | 27 February 2025
The number of people estimated to be sleeping rough has increased by a fifth, Government figures ...
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