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HEALTH

Trusts fight on to receive business rate relief

By Dan Peters | 05 October 2016

NHS trusts have refused to give up their fight to receive mandatory business rate relief despite ...

Drakeford: No forced council mergers in Wales

By Dan Peters | 04 October 2016

Wales’ local government secretary Mark Drakeford has promised there will be no forced mergers of ...

DEVOLUTION

Anstee to run as Tory's Greater Manchester mayoral candidate

By Sam Clayden | 04 October 2016

Trafford MBC leader Sean Anstee has thrown his hat into the ring and confirmed plans to run as th...

WHITEHALL

Lord Porter 'schizophrenic' on mayors

By William Eichler | 04 October 2016

The point of a metro mayor is to ‘take the blame’ if something goes wrong, Local Government Assoc...

WHITEHALL

Hammond backs Northern Powerhouse

By Michael Burton | 03 October 2016

Chancellor Philip Hammond has given his strongest backing yet to the Northern Powerhouse but stre...

FINANCE

Ministers pledge £5bn to 'double' housebuilding pace

By Sam Clayden | 03 October 2016

Tackling the housing crisis is a ‘moral duty,’ according to communities secretary Sajid Javid, wh...

DCLG

Conservatives name West Midlands mayoral candidate

By Thomas Bridge | 30 September 2016

John Lewis managing director Andy Street has been named the Conservative candidate for next year’...

SCOTLAND

Council leader moots rejoining COSLA

By Jamie Hailstone | 30 September 2016

The leader of one of the four Scottish councils that broke away from the Convention of Scottish L...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Cook to leave Kettering in management shake-up

By Sam Clayden | 30 September 2016

Kettering BC’s chief executive David Cook has been replaced in a senior management shake-up.

FINANCE

Council buys BP office park

By Sam Clayden | 29 September 2016

Spelthorne BC has bought the largest privately owned office park in the country as it wrestles to...