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Devolution legislation planned for Queen's Speech
By Dan Peters | 02 October 2019
The Government is planning to launch the next round of devolution legislation in the Queen’s Spee...
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Call for new audit oversight body
By Dan Peters | 02 October 2019
A new type of oversight body for local audit that would take a strategic approach to addressing t...
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Patel pledges £20m to 'roll up' County Lines
By Paul Marinko | 02 October 2019
The home secretary’s announcement of a £20m package to tackle County Lines drugs gangs has receiv...
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Short notice for Brexit exercises
By Dan Peters | 01 October 2019
Various Brexit scenario exercises involving local government have been taking place at very short...
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Tory spending plans could be derailed by economic downturn - IFS
By Michael Burton | 01 October 2019
Multi-billion pound Conservative spending plans could be derailed by a further deterioration in t...
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Election and Brexit could hit peer review plans
By Dan Peters | 01 October 2019
A General Election before March would put the Local Government Association (LGA) at risk of faili...
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Croydon facing £9m asylum funding shortfall
By Martin Ford | 01 October 2019
Croydon LBC is heading for another financial hit this year as a result of a funding shortfall to ...
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Metro mayors call for place-based funding
By Heather Jameson | 30 September 2019
England’s nine metro mayors have urged the Government to take a place-based approach to funding i...
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EXCLUSIVE: Government silent on no-deal cloud risks
By Dan Peters | 30 September 2019
The Government has refused to reveal if all major providers of cloud-based services are aware of ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Funding withheld from LEPs
By Dan Peters | 30 September 2019
Five local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) have had capacity funding withheld in 2019/20 because t...
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