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Councils welcome care reform delay reports

By Martin Ford | 19 October 2022

The sector has reacted to reports the Government is to push back social care reforms by at least ...

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Fears raised over bonfire of the Budget

By Mark Conrad | 18 October 2022

Local government has reacted with fear to chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s ‘bonfire of the Budget’, with ...

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Spending settlement is 'no longer enough' says CIPFA

By Michael Burton | 17 October 2022

The scale of the Government’s challenge to curb public spending against a backdrop of soaring dem...

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Council audit failures hit Government accounts

By Dan Peters | 14 October 2022

Failures in the local audit market in England and Wales mean central Government has ‘poorer quali...

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Dilnot calls for £6bn for social care

By Dan Peters | 14 October 2022

The leader of a review into the future of funding social care under the coalition Government has ...

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Levelling up, scaling down?

By Heather Jameson and Dan Peters | 13 October 2022

Key measures on planning expected to be moved from flagship levelling up Bill.

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Truss pledges no cuts to spending

By Dan Peters | 13 October 2022

Prime Minister Liz Truss has insisted she will not cut spending to balance the books.

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District frustration after county blocks investment zone bid

By Dan Peters | 12 October 2022

Cherwell DC has expressed frustration after its county council blocked a bid to create an investm...

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Passing the buck

11 October 2022

‘Do as I say, not as I do’ must be a popular refrain in Whitehall.

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Sector split over finance settlement

By Mark Conrad | 11 October 2022

Financial uncertainty has split opinion over whether local government should push for a multi-yea...