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CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Councils probe to continue despite resignation

By Laura Sharman | 05 August 2016

Dame Lowell Goddard has become the third chair to step down as head of the independent inquiry in...

FINANCE

New DCN push on drainage

By Dan Peters | 05 August 2016

District councils are to launch a renewed push for the Government to stop internal drainage board...

WHITEHALL

Call to end 'outdated Sir Humphrey model'

By William Eichler | 04 August 2016

Thousands of civil servants should be moved out of London to ‘turbo-charge devolution,’ a think-t...

WHITEHALL

Cat fight

02 August 2016

News that Whitehall was adding a third cat to its roster set fur flying in local government this ...

WHITEHALL

Joining the Wight fight

02 August 2016

Local government requests for more money struggle to be heard in the corridors of Whitehall.

WHITEHALL

Corridors of power

02 August 2016

Whitehall mandarins Sir Timothy Bates-Smith and Sir Jeremy Jackson-Browne are enjoying an evening...

WHITEHALL

Tax rules threat to interims

By Heather Jameson | 02 August 2016

Government plans to change the tax rules for public sector interim managers have been attacked as...

WHITEHALL

Councils hit back at asylum slur

By Dan Peters | 02 August 2016

Councils have dismissed a report that suggested they were ‘not pulling their weight’ in resettlin...

WHITEHALL

'Devo's here to stay,' says minister

By Jamie Hailstone | 02 August 2016

The new Northern Power-house minister has insisted the devolution project is ‘here to stay’.

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Call to review home school rules

By Dan Peters | 02 August 2016

Luton Council will call for a review of home education regulations in a letter to the Government ...

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