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13 Apr 18
Troubled Northamptonshire County Council has appointed a new leader.
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13 Apr 18
Seven in ten councils in England are struggling to find stable housing for homeless people, charities have warned.
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13 Apr 18
Scotland’s 32 councils are to get extra funds for roads maintenance following this winter’s prolonged harsh weather.
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12 Apr 18
Devolving control over all taxes, rates, fees and charges would equip local authorities to meet financial challenges head on, says Alison Payne of Reform Scotland.
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12 Apr 18
An independent council-led inquiry into child sex abuse in Telford will begin, despite calls on central government to lead a probe.
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12 Apr 18
Trade unions have accepted the local government pay offer, though a fresh dispute looms over an increase for council chief executives.
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12 Apr 18
The 147 English councils in the 100% business rates pilot will receive about £870m in extra funding this financial year, a think-tank has said today.
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11 Apr 18
The Welsh Government has raised the capital limit for social care residents to £40,000.
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10 Apr 18
The government must tackle the high turnover of care staff to achieve a more sustainable care system, says the National Audit Office’s Michael Burke.
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10 Apr 18
More than two thirds of English counties have slower than average broadband speeds, the County Councils Network has found.
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10 Apr 18
Council-commissioned public health service workers will also benefit from an NHS pay rise, the government has confirmed.
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9 Apr 18
The local government employee 2% pay offer is now expected to go ahead, after Unison confirmed to PF it had finally accepted the proposed rise.
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9 Apr 18
Two Suffolk district councils have halted plans to merge after the county council commissioned a review into a possible unitary authority.
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6 Apr 18
Charities and umbrella groups have raised concerns over cash-strapped councils’ ability to fulfil their duties under homelessness legislation brought in this week.
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5 Apr 18
The government has underestimated the number of Sure Start centre closures in England by half, the Sutton Trust has claimed in research released today.
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4 Apr 18
With austerity likely to continue, organisations need to be strong enough to build savings and stay ambitious. So they must prepare, not just patch up the piggy bank, says CIPFA’S Don Peebles.
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4 Apr 18
With Sajid Javid paving the way for a small number of local authority restructures, the debate on council mergers has arisen once more. Solace’s Piali Das Gupta here gives a few...
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4 Apr 18
A government fund will be set up to pay the costs of children’s funerals, the prime minister has announced.
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4 Apr 18
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3 Apr 18
Distributed ledger technologies, such as blockchain, promise to revolutionise public services from electoral registers to tax collection. Rachel Willcox looks at progress so far.
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3 Apr 18
The average council tax bill in England in 2018-19 will rise by 5.1% compared to the last financial year, the government has announced.
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3 Apr 18
Outsourcing needs more than a refresh and rebrand, argues John Tizard. A pause to collect some evidence is urgently required.
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30 Mar 18
Northamptonshire County Council is to use just about all of its reserves in a “last resort” attempt to balance the budget this financial year.
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30 Mar 18
Three police and crime commissioners have been approved to take control of fire and rescue services in their areas, the home secretary Amber Rudd has announced.
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29 Mar 18
Northamptonshire County Council will continue to make most of its own decisions, a letter from the local government secretary has revealed.
13 Apr 18Troubled Northamptonshire County Council has appointed a new leader.
13 Apr 18Seven in ten councils in England are struggling to find stable housing for homeless people, charities have warned.
13 Apr 18Scotland’s 32 councils are to get extra funds for roads maintenance following this winter’s prolonged harsh weather.
12 Apr 18Devolving control over all taxes, rates, fees and charges would equip local authorities to meet financial challenges head on, says Alison Payne of Reform Scotland.
12 Apr 18An independent council-led inquiry into child sex abuse in Telford will begin, despite calls on central government to lead a probe.
12 Apr 18Trade unions have accepted the local government pay offer, though a fresh dispute looms over an increase for council chief executives.
12 Apr 18The 147 English councils in the 100% business rates pilot will receive about £870m in extra funding this financial year, a think-tank has said today.
11 Apr 18The Welsh Government has raised the capital limit for social care residents to £40,000.
10 Apr 18The government must tackle the high turnover of care staff to achieve a more sustainable care system, says the National Audit Office’s Michael Burke.
10 Apr 18More than two thirds of English counties have slower than average broadband speeds, the County Councils Network has found.
10 Apr 18Council-commissioned public health service workers will also benefit from an NHS pay rise, the government has confirmed.
9 Apr 18The local government employee 2% pay offer is now expected to go ahead, after Unison confirmed to PF it had finally accepted the proposed rise.
9 Apr 18Two Suffolk district councils have halted plans to merge after the county council commissioned a review into a possible unitary authority.
5 Apr 18The government has underestimated the number of Sure Start centre closures in England by half, the Sutton Trust has claimed in research released today.
4 Apr 18With austerity likely to continue, organisations need to be strong enough to build savings and stay ambitious. So they must prepare, not just patch up the piggy bank, says CIPFA’S Don Peebles.
4 Apr 18With Sajid Javid paving the way for a small number of local authority restructures, the debate on council mergers has arisen once more. Solace’s Piali Das Gupta here gives a few...
4 Apr 18A government fund will be set up to pay the costs of children’s funerals, the prime minister has announced.
4 Apr 18
3 Apr 18Distributed ledger technologies, such as blockchain, promise to revolutionise public services from electoral registers to tax collection. Rachel Willcox looks at progress so far.
3 Apr 18The average council tax bill in England in 2018-19 will rise by 5.1% compared to the last financial year, the government has announced.
3 Apr 18Outsourcing needs more than a refresh and rebrand, argues John Tizard. A pause to collect some evidence is urgently required.
30 Mar 18Northamptonshire County Council is to use just about all of its reserves in a “last resort” attempt to balance the budget this financial year.
30 Mar 18Three police and crime commissioners have been approved to take control of fire and rescue services in their areas, the home secretary Amber Rudd has announced.
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