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FINANCE

Council to consider levelling up fund judicial review

By Ellie Ames | 30 January 2024

Durham County Council will consider seeking a judicial review into how the Government allocated l...

FINANCE

Isle of Wight debt accounts for 42% of annual budget

By Paul Marinko | 30 January 2024

Isle of Wight Council has insisted it borrows to invest in essential projects after revealing its...

HOUSING

'Three strikes and you're out' social housing plans announced

By William Eichler | 30 January 2024

Social landlords could soon be empowered to evict anti-social tenants and ban them from applying ...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Interim chief appointed at Guildford and Waverley

By Martin Ford | 30 January 2024

Annie Righton has been appointed as chief executive for Guildford BC and Waverley BC on an interi...

WHITEHALL

Mole Valley directed not to withdraw local plan

By Mark Conrad | 30 January 2024

Mole Valley DC will examine an option to build on green belt land, after housing minister Lee Row...

WHITEHALL

MPs 'disturbed' by state of local audit

By Martin Ford | 30 January 2024

MPs have been left ‘disturbed’ by the state of the local government audit system, top officials h...

LONDON COUNCILS

London Councils call for greater powers over pupil numbers

By Mark Conrad | 30 January 2024

London’s boroughs want powers to direct academy schools to slash pupil numbers, after research in...

FINANCE

Teesworks inquiry finds no evidence of 'corruption'

By William Eichler | 30 January 2024

An inquiry into accusations of corruption relating to the Teesworks scheme has found no evidence ...

COUNCILLORS

Security costs exemption for election spend limits

By Mark Conrad | 29 January 2024

Local government minister Simon Hoare this week confirmed key security costs for local elections ...

WHITEHALL

No promise of extra funding from Rayner

By Paul Marinko | 29 January 2024

Shadow levelling up secretary Angela Rayner has avoided committing Labour to providing local gove...

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