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CULTURE
White van man on... the news
10 August 2022
They used to call the summer the silly season as all the papers ran out of decent news and filled...
MAYORS
Patrick's having a mayor
10 August 2022
Cocklington’s mayor has been banned from the village pub after just a week in office.
ENVIRONMENT
A dam fine idea
10 August 2022
As any MJ Towers hack will tell you: it’s not ‘silly season’ until we see stories about beavers a...
FINANCE
Crime will pay, not Glasgow
10 August 2022
Diary is very much of the opinion that the world revolves around local government.
WHITEHALL
Fury at short notice of asylum targets
By EXCLUSIVE By Mark Conrad and Dan Peters | 10 August 2022
Home Office chiefs were this week accused of dumping responsibility for strict new asylum targets...
PAY
Scottish strikes loom as councils prepare improved offer
By Martin Ford | 09 August 2022
Local government strikes loom in Scotland as councils attempt to put together an improved pay offer.
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
York reviews elderly care amid watchdog criticism
By Mark Conrad | 09 August 2022
City of York Council has agreed to review its handling of an elderly care plan for a vulnerable c...
PAY
Birmingham faces fresh equal pay claims and strikes
By Mark Conrad | 09 August 2022
The leader of Birmingham City Council has urged trade unions to engage in talks over fresh equal ...
BUSINESS RATES
Polling backs councils' fiscal devolution call
By Mark Conrad | 08 August 2022
Ministers should devolve fiscal powers to councils to boost the UK’s economic recovery, South Eas...
FINANCE
Warrington's £60m investment to be scrutinised behind closed doors
By Martin Ford | 08 August 2022
Details of a £60m green energy investment by Warrington Council will remain under wraps despite b...
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