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POLICY AND POLITICS
4 wheel drive woman on... party conferences
17 October 2023
Good lord, are all those political party conferences over? I can’t bear windbags wittering on abo...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Missing in action
17 October 2023
It’s the season for tales of spooks and spectres, and returning from the dead.
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES
Better by letter?
17 October 2023
Diary hears the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities (SIGOMA) was all ready to launch ...
DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES
Packing them in
17 October 2023
Does the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) need access to larger rooms...
SOLACE
Chiefs' professional development framework launched
By Ann McGauran | 17 October 2023
The first version of a professional development framework to keep local government chief executiv...
WHITEHALL
Chiefs split on need for improved assurance but united in Oflog discontent
By Paul Marinko | 17 October 2023
Senior council officers are split on whether improved assurance measures are needed but broadly a...
WHITEHALL
Croydon improvement panel details exit strategy
By Mark Conrad | 17 October 2023
Croydon LBC’s Government-appointed improvement panel has outlined a timetable for withdrawing fro...
THIRD SECTOR
Councils try to tackle rising community tensions
By Martin Ford | 17 October 2023
Councils have taken a key role as they seek to tackle rising community tensions stoked by events ...
DATA
Scottish and Welsh councils outperform England for ethnicity data
By Paul Marinko | 17 October 2023
Scottish and Welsh councils are outperforming their English counterparts for publishing workforce...
DEVOLUTION
Skills devolution call
By Mark Conrad | 17 October 2023
Control of UK skills funding should be devolved to councils to ensure it is tailored to local job...
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