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NEW LOCAL
County-wide unitary 'would avert service cuts'
10 February 2016
The Leicestershire Labour group has proposed forming a county-wide unitary to prevent cuts to ser...
WHITEHALL
Greg Clark has districts in a 'vice'
By Sam Clayden | 03 February 2016
The communities secretary is provoking districts into reorganisation and seeing how they react, a...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: 'No end point to devo' as Royal Assent granted
By Heather Jameson | 27 January 2016
Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill gets Royal Assent.
FINANCE
Calls to replace Lincolnshire tiers with unitary
By Jamie Hailstone | 27 January 2016
Former planning minister Nick Boles has called for the two tiers of local government in his nativ...
HEALTH
Districts call for expansion of social care precept
By MJ reporter | 26 January 2016
District councils should be allowed to charge a ‘prevention precept’ to help them get to the root...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Chief role could return to West Sussex
By Jamie Hailstone | 19 January 2016
West Sussex CC is expected to reinstate the role of chief executive – less than two years after i...
WHITEHALL
Lords attack 'fast-track reorganisation clause'
By Sam Clayden | 14 January 2016
Lords have hit out at amendments to the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill that would al...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Unitary plans are 'calculated strike'
By Sam Clayden | 13 January 2016
Nottinghamshire councils are at loggerheads over calls to scrap districts.
FINANCE
Tories fear financial threat of local-central 'disconnect'
By Dan Peters | 13 January 2016
Essex CC’s Tory leader has led the way for a potential Conservative local government revolt after...
FINANCE
Councils could spend reserves before mergers
By Dan Peters | 04 January 2016
Welsh councils that could be merged out of existence may spunk their reserves before they are reo...
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