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WHITEHALL

Corridors of power

19 January 2016

Conservative head office junior adviser Sebastian Posh-Brightly is talking to veteran Tory MP, Ji...

WHITEHALL

DCLG director named as health permanent secretary

19 January 2016

A former Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) director has been named as the ne...

WHITEHALL

Councils' role in school improvement under threat

By Dan Peters | 19 January 2016

MPs have called for a ‘fundamental reassessment of accountability and oversight’ for all schools ...

WHITEHALL

'Long way to go' for fiscal devo

By Dan Peters | 19 January 2016

A ‘world of far-reaching, competitive fiscal devolution’ is some way off, according to new analys...

WHITEHALL

Fury over Whitehall's failure to consult on funding formula

By Dan Peters | 19 January 2016

The Government’s ‘unprecedented’ decision not to carry out a technical consultation before this y...

FINANCE

Cameron's Tory council leader tables worst-case scenario cuts

By Dan Peters | 19 January 2016

The Conservative leader of prime minister David Cameron’s council has risked reigniting the row o...

WHITEHALL

MPs call for revamp of finance figures

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 January 2016

MPs have written to communities secretary Greg Clark to fight the case for county councils in the...

FINANCE

Leading councils 'risk being dragged down'

By Sam Clayden | 15 January 2016

Councils brought in to save failing children’s services face falling into the same patterns as th...

HEALTH

Former DCLG director named as top health civil servant

By Sam Clayden | 15 January 2016

A former Department for Communities and Local Government director has been named as the new Depar...

FINANCE

Clark: S151 officers to monitor care precept use

By Sam Clayden | 14 January 2016

Greg Clark has allayed concerns that councils would not spend revenues raised from the 2% precept...

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