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FINANCE
'Unaffordable and unsustainable' care demand creates £14m funding gap
By Martin Ford | 16 December 2019
Shropshire Council officers have warned that all services are facing costs next year to cover inc...
FINANCE
DATA EXCLUSIVE: Resilience index shows just 10% of councils are at financial risk
By Heather Jameson | 15 December 2019
The ‘majority of councils’ are not showing signs of major financial stress, the Chartered Institu...
BUSINESS
Councils take direct control of failing housing services company
By Dan Peters | 13 December 2019
Four councils yesterday dismissed the board at a housing services company and took direct control...
LEISURE
Union and social enterprise clash over library strike
By Martin Ford | 13 December 2019
A trade union has questioned the treatment of workers by a social enterprise running hundreds of ...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
St Helens to appoint new chief executive
By Martin Ford | 13 December 2019
Kath O’Dwyer is expected to join St Helens MBC as its new chief executive.
WHITEHALL
Devolution revolution expected after Johnson wins
By Dan Peters | 13 December 2019
Local government was this morning expecting a devolution revolution after Prime Minister Boris Jo...
FINANCE
NHS business rates claim rejected by High Court
By Martin Ford | 12 December 2019
Councils have successfully defended a claim for billions of pounds of tax relief for NHS trusts.
HOUSING
Luton launches social letting agency
By Martin Ford | 12 December 2019
It aims to provide a route to the private rented sector for people on benefits and low incomes.
LEGAL
Wakefield council 'overcharging' cabbies, court rules
By William Eichler | 12 December 2019
A court has ruled that Wakefield council were overcharging local taxi drivers for a license to tr...
HOMELESSNESS
Chancellor's claim on homelessness 'beggars belief'
By Ann McGauran | 11 December 2019
The chancellor’s claim that homelessness has reduced by almost half since 2008 ‘absolutely beggar...
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