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WHITEHALL

SOLACE Summit: £11bn of extra responsibilities for councils

By Dan Peters | 07 October 2015

Local government will have to take on £11bn of additional responsibilities from Whitehall in retu...

WHITEHALL

Calls to record child spending costs 'ignored'

07 October 2015

Urgent calls from the sector for Whitehall to improve the comparison and recording of children’s ...

WHITEHALL

The sector welcomes business rate announcement

By Heather Jameson | 05 October 2015

The local government sector has welcomed the return of business rates to local control – but with...

WHITEHALL

Councils to get more cash to help refugees

By Jamie Hailstone | 02 October 2015

The Government has confirmed additional funding is on the way to help local authorities house and...

WHITEHALL

Kerslake insists he will remain politically neutral in review

By Michael Burton | 30 September 2015

Former Sheffield City Council chief executive and head of the civil service Lord Bob Kerslake, wh...

FINANCE

Devolution deals spark rift in Labour hierarchy

By Heather Jameson | 30 September 2015

Suspicion over the Treasury’s motivation for devolution is rising as the Government steps up its ...

WHITEHALL

'Devolution is a Labour value' says McMahon

By Sam Clayden | 30 September 2015

Local Government Association Labour group leader Jim McMahon has insisted devolution is a core va...

HEALTH

Procedures for local healthcare

By Alex Thomson | 30 September 2015

What prompted the change to advocate moving away from the ‘command and control’ approach to healt...

WHITEHALL

Creating a smarter state

By Robert Pollock | 30 September 2015

Robert Pollock describes how innovation and collaboration will improve service delivery in the lo...

WHITEHALL

Cracking the code

By Dan Peters | 30 September 2015

Many believe in the need for an ethical code for officers to follow and, in the wake of SOLACE’s ...

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