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LEGAL

Chesterfield expected to stick with Sheffield

By Chris Ames | 01 April 2016

Councillors in Chesterfield have been asked to consider afresh which combined authority to join a...

WHITEHALL

Tees Valley combined authority created

By Chris Ames | 01 April 2016

The Tees Valley combined authority has formally come into existence but the area continues to neg...

FINANCE

Councils 'should have power to refuse developers'

By Sam Clayden | 01 April 2016

MPs and heritage groups have called for councils to be given more powers after claims developers ...

FINANCE

Crunch meeting to settle equal pay dispute

By William Eichler | 01 April 2016

A council that has 2,000 equal pay claims outstanding will meet trade union representatives next ...

HEALTH

Whitehall social care chief gets key Greater Manchester role

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 April 2016

The Government’s social care chief has been appointed to head up Greater Manchester’s new devolve...

PAY

First city director hired on £35k less than chief executive

By Dan Peters | 01 April 2016

Stoke-on-Trent has appointed David Sidaway as its first ever city director.

Authorities to share support services

By Mark Whitehead | 01 April 2016

Councils in Lincolnshire and Sussex are the latest to announce moves to share support services.

FINANCE

Councils calculate cost of floods at £250m

By Mark Whitehead | 01 April 2016

The cost of damage caused by floods over the winter has reached nearly £250m and is still rising,...

BUSINESS

Councils to make legal team mergers

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 April 2016

Kent CC has agreed to create a company for its legal services department as four other councils a...

BUSINESS

Brexit is 'bad news for building'

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 April 2016

Housing minister Brandon Lewis has warned that Brexit would be catastrophic to the UK’s housing m...