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HEALTH

Areas still receiving support with Better Care Fund plans

By Dan Peters | 29 July 2015

Two areas are still receiving ‘intensive support’ amid concerns that their Better Care Fund (BCF)...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Recruitment drive for Brum

By Heather Jameson | 29 July 2015

Birmingham City Council has begun the recruitment process to strengthen its senior management, at...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Mind the cap!

By Dan Peters | 29 July 2015

The new £95,000 cap on exit payments for senior staff could provoke a spike in senior departures ...

FINANCE

Council praised for early accounts closure

By Laura Sharman | 29 July 2015

Torfaen CBC has been praised for closing its accounts a record 10 weeks early.

Councils agree to work together on City Deal

By Laura Sharman | 29 July 2015

All ten councils in South East Wales have agreed to work together on a City Deal for the region.

BUSINESS

Rift over LOBO loans widens

By Dan Peters | 28 July 2015

A split has emerged in the market for local authority treasury management after a TV documentary ...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Lloyd takes on top job at LGA

By Heather Jameson | 28 July 2015

Cambridgeshire CC chief executive Mark Lloyd has been named as the new chief executive of the Loc...

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...