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SOCIAL CARE
Half of councils forced to ration care, survey reveals
By Laura Sharman | 14 January 2022
Staff shortages have forced more than half of councils in England to ration social care and suppo...
FINANCE
Auditor finds 'governance breakdown' over chief's payoff
By Dan Peters | 13 January 2022
Pembrokeshire CC must ‘regain public trust’ after Wales’ auditor general detailed a ‘serious brea...
FINANCE
Finance reforms to be unveiled in spring
By Martin Ford | 13 January 2022
Proposals to overhaul the local government finance system will be published in the spring, a mini...
REORGANISATION
Councils turn to reorganisation after 'running out of ideas'
By Martin Ford | 13 January 2022
Local government minister Kemi Badenoch has questioned the reasoning behind some authorities’ reo...
LEGAL
Scotland to ease cross-border placements
By Martin Ford | 12 January 2022
Holyrood has proposed removing legal hurdles for cross-border placements of children by English c...
FINANCE
White van man on... council investments
11 January 2022
There are certain great mysteries in life like how planes fly, who killed the dinosaurs, how on e...
COVID
Party people
11 January 2022
Under the rules of nominative determinism, you might expect someone with a name like Adam Wildman...
HOUSING
Holding on to housing
11 January 2022
Diary is well aware of the revolving door of housing ministers in recent years.
KEY CITIES
Goodbye city dreams
11 January 2022
Sometimes, civil service bureaucrats are just no fun.
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
EXCLUSIVE: Councils should consider pressures index similar to NHS
11 January 2022
Local government should look at introducing a pressures index similar to the NHS to measure the r...
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