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LEGISLATION
Emergency rules aim to quell delays to NI rate collection
By Dan Peters | 24 January 2017
Westminster may be forced to step in with emergency legislation to ensure Northern Irish councils...
HEALTH
EXCLUSIVE: Lack of confidence in adult social care strategy exposed
By Dan Peters | 24 January 2017
The true scale of feeling across local government about the escalating social care crisis is reve...
FINANCE
Call for Whitehall to 'publish grant details'
By Dan Peters | 24 January 2017
A council has vowed not to give up its quest to get the Government to publish details about the a...
FINANCE
Finance settlement consultation offers no room for movement
By Dan Peters | 24 January 2017
Councils have been told that there is ‘little chance of any movement’ during the local government...
FINANCE
UKMBA scheduled to issue first bond in 2017
By Dan Peters | 24 January 2017
The UK Municipal Bonds Agency (UKMBA) plans to issue its initial bond early this year.
FINANCE
Inter-authority loans put councils under pressure
By Dan Peters | 24 January 2017
A growing rate of inter-authority lending could be creating a complex web of interaction that tie...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Inspectors find 'widespread and serious failures' at Worcestershire
By Mark Conrad | 24 January 2017
An Ofsted report into Worcestershire CC’s children’s services has found ‘widespread and serious f...
FINANCE
Reorganisation row spreads to Lincolnshire
By Dan Peters | 24 January 2017
The row over local government reorganisation has spread to Lincolnshire after the county council ...
ROTHERHAM ABUSE
Committee to examine scrutiny concerns
By Mark Conrad | 24 January 2017
An influential MP has urged councillors and officers to contact his select committee about any co...
PAY
MSPs call for abolition of election payments
By Laura Sharman | 24 January 2017
Extra payments for senior council officers to administer elections should be abolished, a report ...
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