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WHITEHALL

Get ready for £9.5bn funding gap in 2020 warns LGA

By MJ reporter | 01 July 2015

Councils could be facing a funding gap of £9.5bn by the end of the next Parliament, the Local Gov...

BUSINESS

PwC survey highlights expected growth of combined authorities

By Michael Burton | 01 July 2015

Combined authorities are expected to cover almost two-thirds of English local authorities by 2020...

FINANCE

'Lies' on council reserves exposed by finance study

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 July 2015

An independent survey into the state of local authority reserves has exposed government claims as...

FINANCE

COSLA calls for local tax-raising powers

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 July 2015

Town hall bosses and finance chiefs in Scotland have called for the right to set local taxes, as ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

'No deals without LEPs' says Clark

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 July 2015

Communities secretary Greg Clark has promised no devolution deals will be done without the backin...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Hull in hunt for cruise terminal associate

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 July 2015

Hull City Council is set to start the hunt for a private sector partner to help it build and run ...

WHITEHALL

corridors of power

01 July 2015

Tory Central Office adviser Justin Jenkins has just arrived at Harrogate with his DCLG counterpar...

FINANCE

Lords want needs-based funding for devolution

By MJ reporter | 01 July 2015

Labour Lords have called for devolution to be accompanied by needs-based funding and multi-year f...

HUMOUR

For cod's hake

01 July 2015

Some local government stories should be taken with a proverbial pinch of salt, but in the case of...

HUMOUR

Thanks from us

01 July 2015

And finally, a heartfelt thanks to all those who attended last month’s MJ Awards for helping to r...

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Essex County Council

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