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Queen's Speech 2016: Local government at the heart of legislation

By Heather Jameson | 18 May 2016

The Government has vowed to strengthen life chances and continue to bring public spending under c...

WHITEHALL

Queen's Speech 2016: Mayoral combined authorities to get bus franchising powers

By Chris Ames | 18 May 2016

The much-anticipated Bus Services Bill will limit powers to franchise services to areas with dire...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Queen's Speech 2016: Councils face fresh demands under 'care covenant'

By Thomas Bridge | 18 May 2016

Plans to speed up adoption and raise scrutiny on council support for young people were outlined i...

PLANNING

Queen's Speech 2016: MPs to reassert power over peers

By Dan Peters | 18 May 2016

The power of MPs in the House of Commons could be strengthened under plans announced in today’s Q...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Queen's Speech 2016: Crack down on extremists working with vulnerable groups

By Laura Sharman | 18 May 2016

Councils will be given the power to stop extremists from working with children or vulnerable peop...

FINANCE

Cuts hamper health integration

By Jamie Hailstone | 17 May 2016

Cuts to council budgets are making the integration of health and social care more difficult, acco...

LEGISLATION

Peers slam CA's hasty public consultation

By Jamie Hailstone | 17 May 2016

Peers have criticised a public consultation on the West Midlands combined authority for being too...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

'Don't punish the devo undecided'

By Sam Clayden | 17 May 2016

Regions that have yet to fully embrace devolution should not be ‘penalised’ when Whitehall doles ...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

A whisker of power

17 May 2016

Sheffield City Council’s membership of the Local Government Association was doing three choruses ...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

White Van Man on . . . mayors

17 May 2016

I’ve never quite figured out what mayors do.