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Council defends £500k AI deal with Palantir 01/09/2025 Coventry City Council has defended a £500,000-a-year AI contract with US data company Palantir, which supplies technology to the Israel Defence Forces (IDF).
Calls for AI ethics and data ethics boards 13/08/2025 Calls have been made for all councils to form artificial intelligence (AI) ethics and data ethics boards.
Councillor accused of making ‘racist remarks’ during LGA meeting 17/05/2024 A Tendring district councillor has been found to have breached the councillors’ Code of Conduct by allegedly making ‘highly offensive’ and ‘racist remarks’.
Minister told to refer herself to ethics advisor over 15-minute city claim 14/05/2024 Health minister Maria Caulfield told to refer herself to the ministerial ethics adviser after leaflets accused her council of restricting freedom to drive.
Chiefs' new professional development framework launched 17/10/2023 The first version of a new professional development framework to keep local government chief executives ‘ahead of the game’ has been launched.
Councillor apologises for assaulting blogger 02/02/2023 A Sandwell councillor who assaulted a blogger by knocking the phone out of his hands has apologised for the incident.
Gove urges pension funds to add to Russian pressure 14/03/2022 Levelling up secretary Michael Gove has urged local government pension scheme (LGPS) committee chairs to consider what more they can do to exert pressure on Russia.
Call for power to ban councillors 30/01/2019 Council standards boards should have the power to ban councillors for up to six months without allowances, the Committee on Standards in Public Life has recommended.
Ethical standards in local government to be reviewed 30/01/2018 A review into how local government is supporting ethical standards is to be conducted by the Committee on Standards in Public Life.

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