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PLANNING
Lords tear into Housing Bill
By Sam Clayden | 27 January 2016
The Housing and Planning Bill was met with a tirade of criticism in the House of Lords.
COMBINED AUTHORITY
Stratford to join combined authority
By Sam Clayden | 27 January 2016
Stratford-on-Avon DC has announced it will join the West Midlands combined authority.
HEALTH
Districts call for expansion of social care precept
By MJ reporter | 26 January 2016
District councils should be allowed to charge a ‘prevention precept’ to help them get to the root...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Exclusive: DCN director Stephen Brown to step down
By Thomas Bridge | 26 January 2016
Stephen Brown is stepping down from his role as director of the District Councils Network (DCN), ...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Clark: DCLG will be devo partner not promulgator
By Sam Clayden | 26 January 2016
As the sector moves towards a world of greater local powers, the Department for Communities and L...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Council chief announces retirement plan
By Dan Peters | 26 January 2016
The chief executive of Stafford BC has announced he will retire this summer after eight years in ...
WHITEHALL
Housing costs pushing up welfare bills
By Michael Burton | 25 January 2016
Soaring housing costs are pushing up welfare bills in the UK’s most prosperous cities despite the...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
North and Midlands cities dominate 'low-wage' ranking
By Thomas Bridge | 25 January 2016
Northern and Midlands cities have dominated a list of Britain’s lowest wage urban areas, promptin...
FINANCE
Middle class sheltered from cuts, says COSLA boss
By Jamie Hailstone | 25 January 2016
One of the most senior figures in Scottish local government has claimed the middle classes have b...
WHITEHALL
Counties and mets fight over settlement
By Heather Jameson | 22 January 2016
A lobbying battle has broken out between Metropolitan and county councils in the wake of the loca...
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