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CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Authorities debate shakeup of senior management

22 September 2015

Four more district councils could be without chief executives as members debate shaking up senio...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Councils facing 'tipping point' over future services collapse

By Mark Whitehead | 22 September 2015

Stark warnings have been issued by big city councils that they could fail to provide statutory se...

WHITEHALL

Public finances are slowly getting better

By Michael Burton | 22 September 2015

Public finances continue to marginally improve though the total debt level has edged up over last...

FINANCE

Liverpool warns of cash crisis

By Mark Whitehead | 22 September 2015

Liverpool may not be able to provide statutory services from 2017 onwards because of cuts in fund...

WHITEHALL

Clark backs Greater Yorkshire deal

By Thomas Bridge | 22 September 2015

Communities secretary Greg Clark has hinted he would prefer Yorkshire leaders to unite and form a...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Rogue landlords should face tougher penalties

21 September 2015

Harsher punishments including jail should be meted out to rogue landlords who overcharge tenants ...

HEALTH

NHS and council bosses in joint funding call

By Jamie Hailstone | 21 September 2015

Health and adult social care bosses have joined forces to call for ‘adequate and sustained’ funding.

HEALTH

Norfolk and Suffolk look to combine devo bids

By Dan Peters | 18 September 2015

Norfolk and Suffolk could form a joint combined authority after all despite missing the Governmen...

Four councils reveal unitary plans

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 September 2015

Four councils in Dorset have revealed plans to merge and become a single unitary authority.

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Directors criticise 'unreasonable' in-year grant cut

By Dan Peters | 17 September 2015

Children’s services directors have labelled proposals to slash the youth justice grant by a furth...