HUMOUR

12 Daves of Christmas

13 December 2016

If you’re name is Dave and you live in Salford, you’d be advised to lie low for a while. For Salf...

HEALTH

Councils 'powerless' to stem hospital admissions

By Sam Clayden | 13 December 2016

Councils do not have the capacity to deal with NHS measures to reduce hospital admissions, the fo...

WHITEHALL

DCs pitched into responding to county unitary bids

By Dan Peters | 13 December 2016

District councils have been pushed into responding to a wave of county unitary bids as communitie...

WHITEHALL

Government to hand licensing powers back to Rotherham

By Dan Peters | 13 December 2016

Powers over licensing including taxi services will be handed back to Rotherham MBC as part of a ‘...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Unitary deputy takes top Cumbria job

By Sam Clayden | 13 December 2016

Cumbria CC has named Warrington Council’s second in command, Katherine Fairclough, as its new chi...

WHITEHALL

Report: housing targets 'impossible' for councils

By James Evison | 13 December 2016

A lack of planning resources means housing targets ‘will be impossible’ for almost 90% of local a...

FINANCE

Taxpayers' Alliance calls for local income tax

By Michael Burton | 13 December 2016

The Taxpayers’ Alliance has called for local government to have the power to levy a local income ...

FINANCE

Social care precept 'deeply flawed' policy

By Sam Clayden | 12 December 2016

Patching the social care funding gap with short-term fixes will cause the sector to lurch from on...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Brum hits back at Wilshaw 'rotten borough' attack

By Heather Jameson | 12 December 2016

Birmingham City Council has hit back at outgoing chief inspector of schools, Sir Michael Wilshaw,...

Scotland's councils face £700m further cuts

By Jamie Hailstone | 12 December 2016

An independent report has warned local authorities north of the border face £700m in further cuts.