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WHITEHALL

Housing Bill 'a threat to local decision-making'

By Jamie Hailstone | 03 November 2015

A former local government minister has described the Housing and Planning Bill as one of the most...

WHITEHALL

Praise for Wirral's docklands regeneration boost

03 November 2015

A new fund to boost the regeneration of Wirral’s docklands has been praised by Northern Powerhous...

HEALTH

Joint growth report highlights continued central-local gap

03 November 2015

Whitehall must tackle the cultural barriers between local and central government if cities in the...

WHITEHALL

FoI request held up by Treasury

By Sam Clayden | 03 November 2015

The Treasury has stalled a Freedom of Information (FoI) request from The MJ to release all docume...

FINANCE

New care partnerships to be launched

By Jamie Hailstone | 30 October 2015

Councils and NHS trusts will create a series of partnerships to help people with learning disabil...

WHITEHALL

The devo divide

By Sam Clayden | 29 October 2015

Devolution negotiators are at odds over who should get the best deal after one combined authority...

WHITEHALL

Combined authority is outsourcing responsibility

By Chris Game | 28 October 2015

Combined authorities are outsourcing responsibility, writes the Institute of Local Government Stu...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Northern Powerhouse 'could fail' unless poverty gap tackled

By William Eichler | 27 October 2015

Chancellor George Osborne’s Northern Powerhouse project could fail unless the poverty gap is tack...

FINANCE

Ministers confirm continuation of Better Care Fund

By Dan Peters | 26 October 2015

The Better Care Fund (BCF) will continue into 2016/17, ministers have confirmed.

HEALTH

Care bosses unite in public health plea

By Jamie Hailstone | 26 October 2015

Local government and health groups have joined forces to call on George Osborne to protect public...

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