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WHITEHALL

Lyons urges councils to tackle housing crisis

By Jamie Hailstone | 02 August 2016

A former chair of the Audit Commission has urged local authorities to take centre stage in tackli...

FINANCE

Minister vows to 'revitalise Scottish local government'

By Tom Bridge | 02 August 2016

New Scottish local government minister Kevin Stewart has pledged to build on devolution of powers...

'Name and shame' managers who fail to follow new code

By Dan Peters | 02 August 2016

Local government pension fund managers that fail to comply with a new code of transparency should...

FINANCE

'Partial reset' plan for business rate retention is mooted

By Tom Bridge | 02 August 2016

A ‘compromise’ for how 100% business rates retention will work is close to being agreed by local ...

FINANCE

Councils welcome court ruling on HIV drug

By Thomas Bridge | 02 August 2016

Councils have welcomed a High Court ruling that an HIV drug can be legally funded by the NHS, aft...

FINANCE

Integration call for peer challenges

By Dan Peters | 02 August 2016

Peer challenge programmes should be extended to help local services integrate, the Institute for ...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Councils to share HR

By William Eichler | 02 August 2016

Two councils have agreed to extend cooperation with a new HR deal that will save both hundreds of...

WHITEHALL

Poverty adds billions to social care bill, claims foundation

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 August 2016

Tackling poverty in England is costing local authorities more than £12bn a year in additional soc...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Holyrood to carry on with named person programme

By Jamie Hailstone | 29 July 2016

Scottish ministers have vowed to carry on with their controversial plans to appoint a named perso...

FINANCE

Warning over EU-funded growth projects

By Sam Clayden | 28 July 2016

Major growth projects will stall unless Whitehall confirms local authorities will receive ‘every ...