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20 Aug 19
Councils can now bid for grants to develop ‘innovative ways’ to improve public services through technology, the government has announced.
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16 Aug 19
Nearly a third of UK local authority legal spending went on external law firms last year, BBC analysis has shown.
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14 Aug 19
Local authorities in England are receiving requests to fix potholes every 46 seconds, figures have revealed.
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5 Aug 19
The government has pledged a new £10m package to English councils and told them to appoint designated Brexit leads for their organisations.
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25 Jul 19
Public services should be developed and delivered in consultation with the service users, says public service commissioning lawyer Julian Blake.
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10 Jul 19
A local income tax would be better than a tourist tax in raising revenue locally for councils, the Institute for Fiscal Studies associate director David Phillips said this morning.
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21 Jun 19
A comprehensive national strategy backed by proper funding and infrastructure is required to tackle the growing crisis of homelessness, according to a report from the Local Government Information...
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19 Jun 19
Councils have warned that reforms to increase the frequency of business rates revaluations must be properly resourced and contain measures to manage the impact on appeals.
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11 Jun 19
Nearly one in five children in England start school with poor speech and language skills as English regions suffer funding cuts for therapy, research has found.
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6 Jun 19
Councils’ increasing reliance on business rates is a “20th century solution”, the housing, communities and local government committee has been told.
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6 Jun 19
A landmark ruling has left local authorities open to legal action for failure to protect vulnerable children against abuse or neglect.
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3 Jun 19
Local authorities are likely to miss recycling targets set out in the government’s waste disposal strategy, say academics.
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29 May 19
Funding shortfalls have meant increasing numbers of children with special educational needs are attending schools outside their council area, according to figures obtained by The Observer.
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22 May 19
English councils could be forced to make draconian cuts to local services if Westminster does not pump extra cash into local government to avoid a £51.8bn black hole over the next six years.
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14 May 19
Councils are having to restructure services in the face of the most “intense cuts without parallel in modern times”, MPs have heard.
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13 May 19
London council budgets have fallen by 17% over the past eight years, think-tank analysis has found.
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13 May 19
Councils will now have a legal duty to protect victims of domestic abuse, the prime minister has announced.
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10 May 19
Human trafficking rates are exploding, yet many public sector bodies know little about the Modern Slavery Act and the responsibilities it places on them. Dominic Brady reports.
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7 May 19
Cuts to council youth services has lead to a knife crime “epidemic”, cross-party MPs have warned.
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1 May 19
Drone usage should come with “clear safeguards” as councils look to make greater use of the technology, a civil liberties group has warned.
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9 Apr 19
Council leaders have defended council executive pay after a campaign group’s research found the average local authority in the UK had six employees on salaries above £100,000 in 2017-18.
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8 Apr 19
The largest growing area of fraud being detected or prevented by councils is business rates fraud, yet this represents only a fraction of the total, says CIPFA’s Marc McAuley.
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29 Mar 19
English councils are failing to use statutory powers to penalise rogue landlords in the private rented sector, a trade body has found.
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21 Mar 19
Councils could benefit from £19.3bn extra a year if they were able to collect a local income tax, economists have estimated.
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5 Mar 19
Residents in England face council tax increases of 4.5% in the coming year – the second highest increase in a decade, according to CIPFA analysis.
20 Aug 19Councils can now bid for grants to develop ‘innovative ways’ to improve public services through technology, the government has announced.
16 Aug 19Nearly a third of UK local authority legal spending went on external law firms last year, BBC analysis has shown.
14 Aug 19Local authorities in England are receiving requests to fix potholes every 46 seconds, figures have revealed.
5 Aug 19The government has pledged a new £10m package to English councils and told them to appoint designated Brexit leads for their organisations.
25 Jul 19Public services should be developed and delivered in consultation with the service users, says public service commissioning lawyer Julian Blake.
10 Jul 19A local income tax would be better than a tourist tax in raising revenue locally for councils, the Institute for Fiscal Studies associate director David Phillips said this morning.
21 Jun 19A comprehensive national strategy backed by proper funding and infrastructure is required to tackle the growing crisis of homelessness, according to a report from the Local Government Information...
19 Jun 19Councils have warned that reforms to increase the frequency of business rates revaluations must be properly resourced and contain measures to manage the impact on appeals.
11 Jun 19Nearly one in five children in England start school with poor speech and language skills as English regions suffer funding cuts for therapy, research has found.
6 Jun 19Councils’ increasing reliance on business rates is a “20th century solution”, the housing, communities and local government committee has been told.
6 Jun 19A landmark ruling has left local authorities open to legal action for failure to protect vulnerable children against abuse or neglect.
3 Jun 19Local authorities are likely to miss recycling targets set out in the government’s waste disposal strategy, say academics.
29 May 19Funding shortfalls have meant increasing numbers of children with special educational needs are attending schools outside their council area, according to figures obtained by The Observer.
14 May 19Councils are having to restructure services in the face of the most “intense cuts without parallel in modern times”, MPs have heard.
13 May 19London council budgets have fallen by 17% over the past eight years, think-tank analysis has found.
13 May 19Councils will now have a legal duty to protect victims of domestic abuse, the prime minister has announced.
10 May 19Human trafficking rates are exploding, yet many public sector bodies know little about the Modern Slavery Act and the responsibilities it places on them. Dominic Brady reports.
7 May 19Cuts to council youth services has lead to a knife crime “epidemic”, cross-party MPs have warned.
1 May 19Drone usage should come with “clear safeguards” as councils look to make greater use of the technology, a civil liberties group has warned.
8 Apr 19The largest growing area of fraud being detected or prevented by councils is business rates fraud, yet this represents only a fraction of the total, says CIPFA’s Marc McAuley.
29 Mar 19English councils are failing to use statutory powers to penalise rogue landlords in the private rented sector, a trade body has found.
21 Mar 19Councils could benefit from £19.3bn extra a year if they were able to collect a local income tax, economists have estimated.
5 Mar 19Residents in England face council tax increases of 4.5% in the coming year – the second highest increase in a decade, according to CIPFA analysis.
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