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FINANCE
'No appetite' for Scottish equal pay unit
By Mark Conrad | 23 April 2024
Scottish Government ministers are unlikely to establish a national equal pay unit despite calls f...
WHITEHALL
Gove open to giving mayors Whitehall voice
By Martin Ford | 23 April 2024
Local government secretary Michael Gove has not ruled out a ‘formal structure’ for mayors to work...
BUSINESS
UK first as council approves stake in low-carbon firm
By Mark Conrad | 23 April 2024
Shropshire Council is to become joint owner of a firm producing low-carbon materials worth an est...
WHITEHALL
Blow to council hopes for cash boost
By Michael Burton | 23 April 2024
The prospect of extra cash for councils has faded further with the latest public finance figures ...
AUDIT
Minister rules out Oflog role on audit
By Martin Ford | 23 April 2024
A minister has quashed suggestions oversight of audit should be handed to the Office for Local Go...
BUSINESS
Fresh call for Right to Buy restrictions
By Mark Conrad | 23 April 2024
Housing experts today called for fresh restrictions on the controversial Right to Buy policy – in...
LEGAL
Council apologises over FOI delays
By Dan Peters | 23 April 2024
Walsall Council has apologised for delays to its response under the Freedom of Information Act.
WHITEHALL
Whiteman criticises lack of prevention focus in productivity demands
By Mark Conrad | 23 April 2024
Some ministerial productivity demands are ‘populist nonsense’ more likely to appear in election c...
FINANCE
Peers call for action on private ownership of children's homes
By Martin Ford | 22 April 2024
Peers have called for action to tackle private companies’ dominance of the children’s homes market.
CLIMATE CHANGE
High Court challenge against Government energy standards
By Martin Ford | 22 April 2024
A legal challenge against Government restrictions on energy efficiency standards is to proceed to...
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