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National Living Wage fuels concerns

By Dan Peters | 28 July 2015

The new National Living Wage (NLW) could lead to ‘catastrophic’ failures in the homecare sector, ...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Skills minister introduces council scorecards

By MJ reporter | 27 July 2015

Councils will now be able to see how well they are getting young people into education, employmen...

WHITEHALL

Councils join forces for greater clout

By Austin Macauley | 27 July 2015

Six local authorities have joined forces to form a new partnership designed to give northeast Lon...

FINANCE

District housing plans under threat

By MJ reporter | 27 July 2015

Districts could be forced to scrap plans to build an extra 42,000 homes over the next 30 years if...

FINANCE

Services 'pushed to tipping point'

By Austin Macauley | 27 July 2015

Vital environmental health services have been pushed to a ‘tipping point’ and further cuts could ...

WHITEHALL

County Councils Network prioritises 'radical devolution'

By Dan Peters | 27 July 2015

A vision featuring ‘flexible and bold devolution plans’ has been laid out by the chairman-elect o...

HEALTH

Details of devolution inquiry announced

By Laura Sharman | 24 July 2015

An inquiry into what can be learnt from City Deals and how devolution deals can be delivered is t...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Tees Valley ups pace as it accepts mayor argument

By Dan Peters | 24 July 2015

The Tees Valley region could secure a raft of devolved powers including over further education an...

HUMOUR

A driving force in Oldham

24 July 2015

Oldham MBC leader Jim McMahon has taken his commitment to the council’s ‘Bloom and Grow’ campaign...

PAY

Durham to review next chief's salary

By Jamie Hailstone | 24 July 2015

The next chief executive of Durham CC could face a pay cut if councillors agree to review the sal...