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FINANCE

Cameron's Tory council leader tables worst-case scenario cuts

By Dan Peters | 19 January 2016

The Conservative leader of prime minister David Cameron’s council has risked reigniting the row o...

FINANCE

Mansion tax floated in Scotland

By Mark Whitehead | 18 January 2016

Raising cash through a ‘mansion tax’ is among proposals to deal with funding cuts amid rising ten...

WHITEHALL

MPs call for revamp of finance figures

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 January 2016

MPs have written to communities secretary Greg Clark to fight the case for county councils in the...

HUMAN RESOURCES

West Yorkshire expects devo deal by March

By Thomas Bridge | 18 January 2016

A key West Yorkshire leader has said a devolution deal could be signed by March, as pressure moun...

FINANCE

Leading councils 'risk being dragged down'

By Sam Clayden | 15 January 2016

Councils brought in to save failing children’s services face falling into the same patterns as th...

HEALTH

Former DCLG director named as top health civil servant

By Sam Clayden | 15 January 2016

A former Department for Communities and Local Government director has been named as the new Depar...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Government backs children's services at 'combined level'

By Thomas Bridge | 15 January 2016

Government plans to overhaul children’s services have indicated support for delivery of social ca...

BUSINESS

Councils bid for school powers return

By Dan Peters | 15 January 2016

Councils must remain at the heart of school place planning, the Local Government Association (LGA...

BUSINESS

Ex-finance director loses employment tribunal

By Jamie Hailstone | 15 January 2016

Bournemouth BC’s former finance director has lost a tribunal claim against her former employer.

DEVOLUTION

Leese: North Wales needs 'more freedoms'

By Sam Clayden | 15 January 2016

North Wales needs more devolution, according to the leader of Manchester City Council.

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Head of Democratic Services, Elections & Monitoring Officer

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Director, Local Government Reform and Devolution

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