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HOUSING
Homelessness fears over asylum fast-tracking
By Ellie Ames | 26 October 2023
The largest city councils in England and Scotland fear that Government plans to speed up asylum d...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Crisis-hit local government 'should not be left alone to pursue growth'
26 October 2023
A crisis-hit local government sector must not be left on its own to pursue regional plans for gro...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Government crackdown on four-day week
By Ellie Ames | 26 October 2023
The Government is exploring measures to ‘ensure the sector is clear’ four-day weeks should not be...
FINANCE
Levelling up Bill to become law
By Martin Ford | 26 October 2023
Royal Assent is scheduled to take place later today, when the Bill will officially become an Act ...
FINANCE
Lansley critcises public health funding levels
By Dan Peters | 25 October 2023
The architect of the transfer of public health to local government has blamed the failure of budg...
FINANCE
Welsh councils face £750m shortfall
By Ellie Ames | 25 October 2023
Local government finances in Wales are on an ‘unsustainable path,’ according to a report from Car...
PLANNING
Tory backbenchers pile pressure on Government
By Martin Ford | 25 October 2023
The Government has withstood pressure from its own MPs to allow councils to hold remote meetings.
LEGAL
Don't mess with Kiwis
25 October 2023
Diary couldn’t resist a chuckle when an email from the Home Office landed during a recent court h...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Sweet success
25 October 2023
Politicians are generally not particularly popular, with polls regularly laying bare the scale of...
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