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COUNCILLORS
Nine nice people
27 February 2024
Diary is sure there are a lot of nice councillors at East Devon DC.
SOCIAL CARE
Two-thirds of councils to cut neighbourhood services
By Ellie Ames | 27 February 2024
Community services will have to be ‘drastically scaled back’ or cut altogether without further fu...
WHITEHALL
Home Office 'chaos' leaves thousands of illegal arrivals in 'perma-backlog'
By Mark Conrad | 27 February 2024
The Government’s struggling asylum policy has heaped significant demand on cities’ housing servic...
FINANCE
Councils face new era of austerity
By Martin Ford | 27 February 2024
Local government could be left to shoulder the burden of public sector cuts in a new age of auste...
WHITEHALL
Councils should be given more flexibility over fund, says LGA
By Maks Wieczorski | 27 February 2024
Councils should be given more flexibility over funding, a senior councillor has said in the after...
WHITEHALL
Fresh wave of devolution could reduce regional inequalities, says report
By Martin Ford | 27 February 2024
An overhaul of the local government system and a fresh wave of devolution have been put forward a...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
New chief to take over at Nuneaton and Bedworth
By Martin Ford | 27 February 2024
Nuneaton and Bedworth BC has named Tom Shardlow as its new chief executive.
WHITEHALL
Regulator calls for 'substantial' planning intervention
By Mark Conrad | 26 February 2024
The planning system requires ‘substantial intervention’ by the Government to ensure consistent de...
WHITEHALL
Thurrock boosted by £500m after sale
By Mark Conrad | 26 February 2024
Thurrock Council has received £510m in payments following the sale of Toucan Energy Holdings – th...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Audit Commission fears continue to haunt Oflog
By Dan Peters | 26 February 2024
A senior sector figure has expressed concerns about the Office for Local Government’s (Oflog) dir...
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