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By Michael Burton | 28 May 2019

A think-tank has called for a redistribution of public investment from London to England’s poorer...

FINANCE

Scottish councils need more power - think-tank

By Hiba Mahamadi | 28 May 2019

Scottish local government needs a ‘renewal,’ a think tank has urged, with directly elected mayors...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Tributes for Scottish local government giant

By Hiba Mahamadi | 21 May 2019

An instrumental figure in laying the foundations of Scotland’s Improvement Service has died.

DEVOLUTION

Call for councils to be at centre of new second chamber

By Dan Peters | 14 May 2019

A former first minister (FM) has called for ‘disempowered’ local authorities to be put at the cen...

BUSINESS

Council rejects returning to misconduct claims

By Martin Ford | 10 May 2019

West Dunbartonshire Council has rejected taking action against officers accused of misconduct des...

WHITEHALL

Further delay to devolution drive

By Dan Peters | 24 April 2019

The Government’s repeatedly-delayed devolution framework will not be published until after Brexit...

LEGAL

Serco's Glasgow asylum evictions ruled lawful

By Martin Ford | 15 April 2019

Serco has fended off a legal challenge to its plan to evict failed asylum seekers in Glasgow.

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Council vows to challenge Government's data sharing rules

By Hiba Mahamadi | 02 April 2019

A Scottish council has vowed to challenge the Government’s restrictive rules on information shari...

WHITEHALL

Consultation floats new legal duty in violence crackdown

By Dan Peters | 01 April 2019

A new legal duty to support a multi-agency approach to preventing and tackling serious violence c...

EDUCATION

Strike threat lifted after COSLA agrees to raise teachers' pay

By Martin Ford | 29 March 2019

The possibility of strike action by teachers has been averted after Scotland’s council leaders ba...

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