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Councils are the heart of the refugee crisis

By Cllr Gary Porter | 22 September 2015

As the refugee crisis unfolds Cllr Gary Porter says councils are here to help - and their hard wo...

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Labour's localism agenda sees bigger role for local government

22 September 2015

A senior Labour shadow cabinet minister has indicated localism will be a ‘growing theme’ of Jerem...

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The winds of change

By Thomas Bridge | 22 September 2015

Labour’s shadow cabinet has hit the ground running. But will its rhetoric of change surrounding l...

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Public finances are slowly getting better

By Michael Burton | 22 September 2015

Public finances continue to marginally improve though the total debt level has edged up over last...

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Clark backs Greater Yorkshire deal

By Thomas Bridge | 22 September 2015

Communities secretary Greg Clark has hinted he would prefer Yorkshire leaders to unite and form a...

HEALTH

Norfolk and Suffolk look to combine devo bids

By Dan Peters | 18 September 2015

Norfolk and Suffolk could form a joint combined authority after all despite missing the Governmen...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Directors criticise 'unreasonable' in-year grant cut

By Dan Peters | 17 September 2015

Children’s services directors have labelled proposals to slash the youth justice grant by a furth...

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Calls to scrap council home sell off

By Thomas Bridge | 17 September 2015

Local authorities could be forced to sell off 113,000 council homes under planned Right to Buy ex...

FINANCE

Has the country had enough of Osborne's austerity?

By Michael Burton | 16 September 2015

Last week, former Cabinet secretary Lord Turnbull claimed austerity was a 'smokescreen' for a sma...

WHITEHALL

It's wrong to buy - so think again

By Rob Whiteman | 16 September 2015

In announcing its plans to extend Right to Buy, the Government has managed to unite everyone from...

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