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COUNCIL TAX

Keep the lights on

08 July 2015

While The MJ is a big supporter of partnership working and collaboration, Diary is like the rogue...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Station identification

08 July 2015

You’re tired.

FINANCE

Highland's batty

08 July 2015

Following the revelation that someone is stealing road signs in Gotham, Northamptonshire, Diary i...

FINANCE

Local government pension funds pool £10bn assets

By Dan Peters | 08 July 2015

The decision by two of the largest local government pension funds to pool £10bn assets is expecte...

'Make confusing RSG more transparent'

By Dan Peters | 08 July 2015

Fresh calls have been made for the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) to incr...

DEVOLUTION

Minister told to work with councils, not fight them

By MJ reporter | 08 July 2015

A Welsh Government minister has been accused of picking a fight with councils, rather than workin...

HEALTH

'Ambitious devo agenda' to 'unleash era of opportunity'

By MJ reporter | 08 July 2015

The shadow communities secretary has called for an ‘ambitious devolution agenda’ to be rolled out...

FINANCE

Clark pledges to look at major event licensing

By Dan Peters | 08 July 2015

Communities secretary Greg Clark has promised to look at lifting the cap on licensing fees for la...

HEALTH

Calls for Better Care Fund certainty

By Dan Peters | 08 July 2015

Calls have been made to expand the size and scope of the Better Care Fund (BCF) as uncertainty th...

WHITEHALL

Funding cuts risk to devolution, warns NAO

By Dan Peters | 08 July 2015

Government funding cuts could make it difficult for local areas to manage devolved funding effect...