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FINANCE

CCN: Tourist tax would raise more than £200m

By Neil Merrick | 15 July 2025

County councils in England could potentially raise more than £200m each year by levying a £2 per ...

ASYLUM

Councils fear riots repeat

By Neil Merrick | 15 July 2025

Councils fear a repeat of last summer’s riots without ‘significant government investment in commu...

REORGANISATION

Unitary achieves pay harmony six years after reorganisation

By Martin Ford | 15 July 2025

A deal to harmonise legacy pay and terms for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council wo...

REORGANISATION

Reform brands reorganisation 'disaster' for retaining senior officers

By Martin Ford | 15 July 2025

Local government reorganisation will be a ‘disaster’ for retaining senior officers in the sector,...

INTERVENTION

Concern over London borough's improvement 'buy-in'

By Martin Ford | 15 July 2025

Envoys have questioned the commitment of councillors and staff to the ‘improvement journey’ at To...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Care prevention spending drops by 10%

By Izzy Lepone | 15 July 2025

Overstretched budgets mean that care leaders have been forced to reduce spending on prevention by...

ELECTIONS

Elections 'uncertainty' hindered preparations

By Martin Ford | 15 July 2025

‘Uncertainty’ over whether this year's county council elections would go ahead hampered officers’...

LEGISLATION

Fears over lack of teeth behind mandatory reporting duty

By Neil Merrick | 14 July 2025

Government plans to make it a mandatory duty to report child sexual abuse need to be backed up wi...

REORGANISATION

Lewes leader vows to fight Brighton takeover plan

By Dan Peters | 11 July 2025

Lewes DC’s leader has vowed to fight a Brighton & Hove City Council proposal to take over parts o...

FINANCE

Reform's Kent finds 'millions of pounds' of savings

By Dan Peters | 11 July 2025

Kent CC’s Department for Local Government Efficiency (DOLGE) has identified ‘millions of pounds w...

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