Title
PLANNING
Government blocks remote meetings
By Martin Ford | 18 October 2023
A levelling up Bill amendment that would have enabled virtual council meetings has been stripped ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
No prospect of sector spending boost after General Election
By Paul Marinko | 18 October 2023
Council chief executives have been told Whitehall spending is unlikely to change quickly regardle...
COUNCIL TAX
'Anger' over Scottish council tax freeze
By Martin Ford | 18 October 2023
Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf’s announcement of a blanket freeze on council tax next year ...
CLIMATE CHANGE
Councils underperform in first-of-kind climate study
By Ellie Ames | 18 October 2023
Widespread low scores in the first study of UK councils’ climate action highlight national barrie...
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...
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- Cornwall silent on exit payments after chief executive and finance boss quit
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- Government told of rising complaints at Dudley after Best Value exit
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