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EXCLUSIVE: Leaked report warns sector less ready for Brexit transition
By Dan Peters | 20 October 2020
Local government is less ready for the end of the transition period than it was for a no-deal Bre...
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PM to give DPHs new tests for local outbreaks
By Heather Jameson | 19 October 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has vowed to give directors of public health (DPH) access to COVID t...
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Hammond: COVID has sealed the fate of centralism
By Heather Jameson | 19 October 2020
The COVID crisis has ‘sealed the fate’ of centralised public services in the UK, former Chancello...
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LGA chief says COVID response was hampered by 'disregard' for local government
By Heather Jameson | 16 October 2020
A future inquiry into the handling of the pandemic will find the ‘relative disregard for local go...
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Exit cap signed into law
By Dan Peters | 15 October 2020
The £95,000 cap on public sector exit payments was signed into law last night and will come into ...
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Tax increases more likely than austerity, says Flanders
By Dan Peters | 15 October 2020
A top economist has predicted that tax increases are more likely than another bout of austerity.
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Labour would adopt 'local by default' approach
By Dan Peters | 15 October 2020
A Labour government would strike a ‘new settlement between citizens and the state’ and adopt a ‘l...
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Jenrick dashes county reorganisation hopes
By Dan Peters | 13 October 2020
Local government secretary Robert Jenrick has torpedoed plans for widespread reorganisation beyon...
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IFS urges delay to cuts and tax rises
By Michael Burton | 13 October 2020
Spending cuts and tax rises to rebalance the public finances should be delayed until 2022 to allo...
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Fixing local government's financial plumbing
By Lizzie Insall | 12 October 2020
The inevitable result of the funding framework for councils is a disempowered local government, u...
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