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OUTSOURCING
Government aim to introduce outsourcing public interest test
By Dan Peters | 18 June 2026
Ministers have introduced a public interest test under which the public sector will eventually ha...
REORGANISATION
Reed defied officials' advice on DPP reorg plans
By Paul Marinko | 18 June 2026
Essex and Norfolk CCs have hit out at ministers ignoring the advice of Whitehall officials over r...
CHILD PROTECTION
Government urged to create child protection authority 'today'
By Dan Peters | 18 June 2026
The children's commissioner for England has demanded the Government opens a child protection auth...
LONDON COUNCILS
Cowan to chair London Councils
By Paul Marinko | 17 June 2026
London Councils has confirmed Hammersmith and Fulham LBC leader Stephen Cowan as its new chair as...
POLICY AND POLITICS
One in 10 planning posts vacant, Unison finds
By William Eichler | 16 June 2026
One in 10 council planning posts in England are vacant, according to research by trade union Unison.
COHESION
Cantle: Time to take cohesion much more seriously
By Dan Peters | 16 June 2026
The author of a landmark report into disturbances in English towns in 2001 has said it is ‘time t...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Government 'stands ready' to rein in private providers' profits
By Ann McGauran | 16 June 2026
The Government is prepared to bring in local profit caps to rein back private providers of childr...
FINANCE
Concerns persist despite Local Audit Office creation
By Joe Lepper | 16 June 2026
The local audit system is out of ‘intensive care’ but still in ‘high dependency’, the Government’...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Former councillor rages at lack of accountability for Brum failures
By Joe Lepper | 15 June 2026
Senior officers and commissioners at Birmingham City Council should be held to account for their ...
PEOPLE
McCay appointed ADPH chief executive
By Dan Peters | 15 June 2026
Psychiatrist Layla McCay has been appointed as the chief executive of the Association of Director...
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