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FINANCE

Kirklees under 'unprecedented' pressure over £54m shortfall

By Dan Peters | 09 August 2017

Kirklees MBC ‘continues to face significant financial challenges’ even after raiding £23m from it...

LEGAL

Authority denies abusing legal powers

By Sam Clayden | 09 August 2017

A council has hit back at a government watchdog after being accused of abusing legal powers to ha...

Khan slams Google over gang violence videos

By Mark Conrad | 09 August 2017

London mayor Sadiq Khan this week criticised social media giants Google and YouTube for refusing ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Council apologises for court order breach

By Mark Conrad | 09 August 2017

Gloucestershire CC has apologised to the parents of a child after a judge ruled the council breac...

REORGANISATION

Basildon heads for 'collaborative' management structure

By Chris Mahony | 09 August 2017

Basildon DC has taken further steps towards a more ‘collaborative’ management structure following...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

School powers transfer 'threat to local democracy'

By Chris Mahony | 09 August 2017

The Scottish Government’s plans to transfer responsibility for school improvement to new regional...

FINANCE

Lancashire raids £82m from reserves

By Hiba Mahamadi | 09 August 2017

Lancashire CC’s £23m underspend in the last financial year conceals a potential £83m overspend, a...

FIRE SAFETY

Public needs better fire safety information councils are told

By Hiba Mahamadi | 09 August 2017

Councils should be more proactive in making fire safety information available to the public, the ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Sparks fly as industrial action at Kirklees fails

09 August 2017

Tensions flared between social workers and senior management at crisis hit Kirklees MBC after soc...

CRIME

Prevent strategy 'in need of reform'

By Mark Conrad | 09 August 2017

The Home Office’s Prevent strategy, aimed at stopping terrorism, is effective at local level but ...