Oxfordshire councils look to scrap partnership
18/01/2022 Oxfordshire County Council and Cherwell District Council have announced they are looking to end their formal partnership. |
Jenrick sacked as communities secretary
15/09/2021 Robert Jenrick has been removed from the role of secretary of state for housing, communities and local government in the Cabinet reshuffle. |
BREAKING: Slough becomes second council to issue Section 114 in a year
01/07/2021 Slough Council has become the second local authority in less than a year to issue a dreaded Section 114 notice. |
Commissioners appointed at Liverpool City Council
10/06/2021 Surrey CC’s chief executive Joanna Killian will be part of the team of independent commissioners who will oversee improvements at Liverpool City Council, local government secretary Robert Jenrick has announced today. |
Councils pay tribute to Prince Philip
09/04/2021 Councils across the country have paid tribute to His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, after his death was announced today. |
Local government minister quits
08/09/2020 Simon Clarke said he was leaving the Government for 'purely personal reasons’. |
Borough chief dies with Covid-19
29/05/2020 The chief executive of Swale BC, Mark Radford, has died after being diagnosed with the coronavirus, the council has announced. |
Recognition for chiefs in New Year Honours list
02/01/2020 Chief executives in Bradford, Harrogate, Leeds, and the chief executive officer of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy are among those to have been recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours. |
Lambeth leader steps down to run anti-violence unit
14/01/2019 Lambeth LBC leader Lib Peck has announced she will be stepping down to take on a new role at the Greater London Authority. |
Local government figures celebrated in Queen's birthday honours
11/06/2018 The former interim chief executive of Birmingham City Council, Stella Manzie, has been made a Dame in the Queen’s birthday honours for services to local government. |
Children's services blow for new chiefs
16/05/2018 Surrey CC’s children’s services are still inadequate, according to Ofsted – three years after they received the same grade. |
May rebrands DCLG
08/01/2018 Prime minister Theresa May has confirmed that her government’s renewed focus on housing will be reflected in the title of the Whitehall department that oversees the sector in the post-Grenfell Tower era. |
Shell is helping power the journey towards a circular paving industry with Shell Bitumen LT R, a new product for roads that uses plastics destined for landfill as part of the additives to make the bitumen.
Effective Energy Group is now offering its support to the 40 Local Authorities who have received a share of the £430m to deliver their projects on the ground by surveying properties and installing measures.
Dougie Belmore explains how one of the main interfaces between you and Bacs is about to change.