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WHITEHALL
LGA in last-ditch warning over rule changes
By Dan Peters | 14 September 2018
Smith Square has warned that planned accounting rule changes could force councils to unnecessaril...
AUDIT
What do traffic jams, hopscotch and skyscrapers have in common?
By Martin Ford | 14 September 2018
Diary considers itself something of a connoisseur when it comes to audit reports, but recently fo...
SCOTLAND
COSLA increases pay offer to unions
By Martin Ford | 14 September 2018
A new pay offer has been put forward by councils in Scotland in a bid to avert industrial action.
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Prosser expected to get top new unitary job
By Martin Ford | 14 September 2018
Dorset Councils Partnership chief executive, Matt Prosser, is expected to take the reins at one o...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Transfer of care delays due to social care on increase
By Martin Ford | 13 September 2018
Bed blocking due to social care increased during the summer, latest figures have shown.
WHITEHALL
Spending Review will be 'one of hardest ever'
By Michael Burton | 13 September 2018
Next spring’s Spending Review needs to decide the model for financing social care while the Treas...
WHITEHALL
Fresh calls for Right to Buy suspension
By Mark Conrad | 13 September 2018
A housing body has renewed calls for ministers to suspend the Right to Buy (RTB) programme amid f...
FINANCE
Northants misspent millions of ring-fenced cash - auditor
By Martin Ford | 13 September 2018
Millions of pounds have been misspent by Northamptonshire CC, according to auditors.
BUSINESS
Pension funds welcome Sports Direct changes
By Dan Peters | 13 September 2018
Local government pension funds have welcomed senior changes at retailer Sports Direct after pilin...
PLANNING
Councils should benefit from land value uplift - MPs
By William Eichler | 13 September 2018
Increases in land value that result from public policy decisions should be shared with councils i...
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