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Councils bite back at food waste recycling rollout plan
POLICY

Councils bite back at food waste recycling rollout plan

By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters | 14 August 2025

Councils will not be told how much money they will receive to roll out food waste recycling until months before the implementation date, the Government has admitted.

FAIR FUNDING

Fears fair funding could trigger section 114 notices

By Martin Ford | 07 August 2025

Fears councils may be forced into issuing section 114 notices by the fair funding review have bee...

WALES

Lessons in lockstep

By Paul Marinko | 17 July 2025

Jayne Bryant talks to Paul Marinko about how Wales’ national government has worked hard to protec...

FINANCE

Council could slash one in 10 jobs

By Joe Lepper | 23 May 2025

More than one in 10 jobs could be lost at Croydon LBC as it looks to tackle its £1.4bn debt.

FINANCE

McMahon: End to 'shaming' preventing bankruptcies

By Martin Ford | 07 May 2025

An end to ‘public shaming’ of councils has helped stem the tide of section 114s, local government...

FINANCE

'Slow' improvement progress at Nottingham

By Dan Peters | 25 April 2025

Progress towards highly effective financial management capability at Nottingham City Council has ...

FINANCE

Spring Statement: From panic mode to planning mode

By Iain Murray | 28 March 2025

Looking ahead to the Spending Review, this is a moment to embrace meaningful reform that addresse...

REORGANISATION

Spring of hope

By Jonathan Carr-West | 19 March 2025

Discussions around reorganisation must go beyond merely redrawing boundaries to avoid dashing gro...

FINANCE

Section 114 fears for new unitary

By Joe Lepper | 10 March 2025

A unitary formed two years ago faces a £190m budget gap within the next four years amid section 1...

IMPROVEMENT

Back to the basics

By Dan Peters | 12 February 2025

Croydon LBC's chief executive Katherine Kerswell talks to Dan Peters about the council's positive...

FINANCE

Barnet issues s114 over unauthorised payments

By Martin Ford | 24 January 2025

Barnet LBC has issued a section 114 notice over ‘unlawful’ payments to and from the council’s pen...

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Manchester City Council