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FINANCE
EXCLUSIVE: Finance settlement 'shambles' after provisional data wrong
By Dan Peters | 18 January 2018
The local government finance settlement has descended into a shambles after it emerged allocation...
FINANCE
Council could face £500m equal pay bill
By Dan Peters | 18 January 2018
Glasgow City Council could face a £500m pay-out after agreeing not to appeal to the Supreme Court...
PLANNING
Councils call for permitted development rules to be scrapped
By Laura Sharman | 18 January 2018
Nearly one in 10 homes built over the last two years was converted from an office, new analysis h...
WHITEHALL
Planning fee increase comes into force
By Dan Peters | 17 January 2018
A 20% increase in planning fees has finally come into force – six months after the Government’s i...
BUSINESS RATES
London Councils maintains it wants 100% retention in face of government claim
By Hiba Mahamadi | 17 January 2018
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (MHCLG) belief that councils do not w...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Boom in elderly population stretching counties to 'breaking point'
By Laura Sharman | 17 January 2018
An 'unprecedented' rise in the number of elderly people in rural county areas is pushing counties...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Westminster names new chief
17 January 2018
Westminster City Council has named its new chief executive following the departure of Charlie Par...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Swale finds Kara replacement
16 January 2018
Mark Radford has been appointed as chief executive at Swale BC. He has been serving in the interi...
ENVIRONMENT
A brewhaha in Yorkshire
16 January 2018
Yorkshire – or as locals call it God’s Own Country – has a long history of boast and bravado.
BUSINESS
White Van Man on ... Carillion
16 January 2018
This Carillion crisis just shows you how difficult it is running big stuff like building roads an...
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