Corridors of Power: Ministerial visit to the Somerset Levels

06 February 2014

Jeremy Fortescue, emergency planning officer at DEFRA is briefing Bob Barker, the department’s as...

Parsons to party on with UKIP

06 February 2014

Diary is a great believer in the idea that great people are able to shape and mould historical ev...

Brighton's booze ban?

06 February 2014

It looks like bad news for staff at Brighton and Hove City Council after a report recommended mak...

Fake Greek comes acropolis as benefit scam unravels

06 February 2014

As all hard-working council press officers know, it is not always easy to make a story about loca...

WHITEHALL

Former Liverpool chief to chair Doncaster children's trust

By Heather Jameson | 06 February 2014

Former Liverpool City Council chief executive Colin Hilton has been appointed as the independent ...

FINANCE

Local Audit Act hailed as 'massive win for the sector'

By Jonathan Werran | 06 February 2014

Council chiefs have hailed the Local Audit and Accountability Act as a 'massive win for the secto...

FINANCE

MP demands probe into LGPS

06 February 2014

A South Wales MP has demanded a police investigation into whether Carmarthenshire CC officials co...

FINANCE

Scottish councils secure £19m growth package

06 February 2014

The Scottish Government has approved plans for tax incremental finance (TIF) package for Argyll a...

BUSINESS

Councils embrace new purchasing policies

By Jamie Hailstone | 06 February 2014

One year after the legislation came into force, the MP behind the Social Value Act has said counc...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Give boroughs the keys to drive welfare reform, London Councils urges

By Jonathan Werran | 06 February 2014

Ministers should use the introduction of Universal Credit to put local authorities in the driving...