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WHITEHALL

'Change attitude to risk,' says CIPFA

By Tom Bridge | 13 July 2016

It would be ‘unacceptable’ if local government shied away from taking risks on commercial activit...

Housing benefit claims make authorities overspend their funding allocations

By Tom Bridge | 13 July 2016

More than 120 councils have overspent their government funding allocation to support the housing ...

LEGAL

Handover is 'danger to county'

By Dan Peters | 13 July 2016

Proposals to hand over some council services in Chesterfield to a Sheffield city region mayor cou...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Leeds chief to chair Core Cities UK

By Heather Jameson | 13 July 2016

The leader of Leeds City Council is the new chair of Core Cities UK, it has been announced.

FINANCE

£3m shortfall forces councils to consider merging

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 July 2016

Two district councils in Somerset are facing a combined budget shortfall of more than £3m by 2020...

WHITEHALL

Poor standards 'nail in coffin' for education policy

By Sam Clayden | 13 July 2016

Two reports revealing poor standards in many of the largest multi-academy trusts (MATs) should be...

WHITEHALL

Whitehall refusal to publish grant details a 'scandal'

By Dan Peters | 13 July 2016

A ‘pungent whiff of scandal’ surrounds the Government’s refusal to publish key details about how ...

WHITEHALL

Devolution still the way under May – Clark

By Heather Jameson | 13 July 2016

Local government will be ‘vital’ in new prime minister Theresa May’s premiership, communities sec...

WHITEHALL

Funding fears over Whitehall devo strategy

By Thomas Bridge | 13 July 2016

Whitehall has been warned it is ‘building failure’ into devolution unless it provides more fundin...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

MPs tear apart social work reforms

By Sam Clayden | 13 July 2016

MPs have torn apart the Government’s social work reform plans and called for greater coordination...