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Political battle over National Care Service 25/04/2024 Competing visions of the future of social care have been set out by Labour and the Conservatives as they prepare for a General Election.
Gove open to giving mayors Whitehall voice 23/04/2024 Local government secretary Michael Gove has not ruled out a ‘formal structure’ for mayors to work more closely with central government.
Fresh call for Right to Buy restrictions 23/04/2024 Housing experts today called for fresh restrictions on the controversial Right to Buy policy – including a ban on applying it to new builds.
Oflog should be handed audit oversight, MPs told 16/04/2024 Oflog should be handed oversight of England’s broken audit regime – a role earmarked for the Financial Reporting Council - accounting experts have told MPs.
Clark: Tories and Labour unwilling to address SEND crisis 15/04/2024 Labour and the Conservatives have been accused of an ‘unwillingness’ to confront the crisis in special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services.
Rayner to be investigated by police after electoral law accusations 15/04/2024 Police have launched an investigation into whether Labour’s shadow local government secretary Angela Rayner broke electoral law a decade ago after allegations.
Five million could be disenfranchised by voter ID, polling finds 11/04/2024 Five million voters could be disenfranchised by the Government’s new voter ID rules at the General Election, first-of-its-kind polling has suggested.
'Business as usual' for Lancashire councillors despite resignations 02/04/2024 Councillors in Lancashire have insisted it will be ‘business as usual’ despite 20 resignations in protest at the leadership of the national Labour party.
Parties draw battlelines for local elections 28/03/2024 Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has given a speech in Dudley today following campaign launches by the Conservatives and Lib Dems.
'Grave concerns' over phone switchover 22/03/2024 UK mayors have expressed ‘grave concerns’ about the impact on vulnerable people of the planned phase out of the analogue phone system.
Call for reintroduction of housing targets 22/03/2024 A cross-party coalition representing 27 mid-sized regional British cities has called for the next Government to reintroduce local housebuilding targets.
Leader bullied two senior officers, report finds 15/03/2024 A council leader’s behaviour towards two senior officers amounted to bullying, a report into a code of conduct complaint has found.
Four-day week council decision 'disappointing and arrogant' 14/03/2024 South Cambridgeshire DC’s decision to continue with its four-day week is ‘disappointing and arrogant,’ local government minister Simon Hoare has said.
Limited exemptions for empty homes powers 11/03/2024 Councils will face only a limited number of exemptions from new powers allowing them to levy higher taxes on empty homes, ministers have confirmed.
Right to Buy lobbying fails as temporary boost ended 08/03/2024 The Treasury has confirmed councils will no longer keep 100% of Right to Buy (RTB) receipts after the current financial year despite lobbying by the sector.
Two-year Sandwell intervention to end 07/03/2024 Local government minister Simon Hoare has today confirmed that Whitehall’s two-year intervention at Sandwell Council will end.
Budget: Trailblazer devo deal for North East 06/03/2024 The North East has secured a trailblazer devolution deal that could provide a package of new funding potentially worth more than £100m, chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced in his Budget.
Lending rates could spike after audit reset, LGA warns 01/03/2024 Proposals to reset the local audit system and clear the backlog of accounts could drive up the lending rates offered to the sector, councils have warned.
Home Office 'chaos' leaves thousands of illegal arrivals in 'perma-backlog' 27/02/2024 The Government’s struggling asylum policy has heaped significant demand on cities’ housing services, experts have warned.
Further planning reforms on way, says Gove 12/02/2024 Empty shops could be quickly converted into homes and developers given fresh incentives to build on brownfield sites under ministers’ latest plans to expedite housebuilding.
Wales could drive agenda on council tax, report argues 12/02/2024 Wales could have a chance to deal with unfairness in the council tax system and drive the agenda for other nations and regions to follow, says think-tank.
Local government figures made peers 12/02/2024 Local government has been recognised in the latest round of peerages, with two senior figures heading to the House of Lords.
Core Cities in Household Support Fund warning 01/02/2024 Failing to extend the Household Support Fund will be ‘catastrophic for many people in our poorest communities,’ Core Cities has warned Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
DLUHC claims four-day week council saw spike in agency staff 30/01/2024 South Cambridgeshire DC’s controversial four-day week trial is under fresh scrutiny after data revealed a spike in agency work and opponents challenged costs.
MPs criticise ‘glacial’ progress of levelling up projects 16/01/2024 Mandarins from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities faced the Public Accounts Committee.
Welsh minister backs tax reforms 03/01/2024 One of the candidates to become first minister of Wales has backed reform of council tax.
LGA poised to shift position on Right to Buy 06/12/2023 Smith Square is poised to amend its position on Right to Buy, The MJ has learned.
Norfolk devolution schedule delayed 04/12/2023 Norfolk’s level 3 devolution deal is set to be pushed back to 2025.
Councils welcome PWLB rate extension 27/11/2023 Councils have welcomed Jeremy Hunt’s decision to extend preferential Public Works Loan Board borrowing rates for Housing Revenue Account (HRA) expenditure.
EXCLUSIVE: Oflog pushes ahead with early warning system 16/11/2023 Senior Oflog officials are pressing ahead with their plans to create an early warning system for councils in trouble despite continuing LGA resistance.
Councils brace as Supreme Court outlaws Rwanda asylum plan 15/11/2023 The Supreme Court has ruled the UK’s controversial proposal to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful – a decision likely to impact local government.
Housing minister among casualties of Sunak reshuffle 13/11/2023 The UK will have its 16th housing minister in 12 years after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s sweeping reshuffle affected the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
Local government plays a vital role in the work of House of Lords committees 08/11/2023 Baroness Kate Parminter, chair of the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee, argues that the local government voice is crucial for committees to understand how government policy is impacting communities.
DLUHC blasted over levelling up failure 08/11/2023 The levelling up department has been blasted for failing to deliver its remit by a senior sector figure.
Emergency summit held amid temporary accommodation warnings 31/10/2023 More than 150 councils this week attended an emergency summit as the cost of temporary accommodation to local authorities increases rapidly.
Labour regeneration plans will fail 'without radical action' 31/10/2023 An incoming Labour government’s regeneration plans will fail without radical action to devolve financial decision-making, researchers have warned.
Levelling up Bill to become law 26/10/2023 Royal Assent is scheduled to take place later today, when the Bill will officially become an Act of Parliament.
EXCLUSIVE: Home Office accused of misleading council over asylum plans 24/10/2023 The Home Office faces accusations in the High Court it misled a council over controversial plans for an asylum centre at a former military base.
Child abuse inquiry chair criticises Government response 23/10/2023 The chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has warned ministers’ response to her recommendations has been ‘weak’.
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.
Guildford leader survives confidence vote 11/10/2023 Guildford BC’s leader has survived a vote of no confidence over the authority’s finances.
Labour to tackle 'antiquated planning system' 09/10/2023 Labour has pledged to overhaul the planning system in a bid to ease the progress of infrastructure projects.
Gove attacks four-day week 'nonsense' in conference speech 03/10/2023 Local government secretary Michael Gove delivered a speech to the Conservative Party Conference light on new policies and laden with election slogans.
Screeching U-turn on waste proposals 21/09/2023 The Government has claimed it is scrapping its ‘top-down approach’ on recycling while still ensuring ‘all homes in England recycle the same materials’.
Bentley insists level two devolution 'best option' for county 21/09/2023 Essex CC’s Conservative leader Kevin Bentley has insisted that a level two devolution deal is the ‘best option’ for the county.
Government fails to block levelling up Bill amendments 19/09/2023 The Government suffered a flurry of last-minute defeats as the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill completed its journey through the House of Lords.
Government defeated over planning fees 15/09/2023 Councils would be able to vary fees for planning applications under amendments to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill.
Lords block plans to scrap nutrient neutrality rules 14/09/2023 The Government’s attempt to scrap nutrient neutrality rules has been defeated in the House of Lords.
Mandatory housing targets rejected 07/09/2023 An amendment to the levelling up Bill for mandatory housebuilding targets has been rejected by the House of Lords.
Lords inflict defeats on levelling up Bill 05/09/2023 The Government faces a race against time to get its flagship levelling up Bill into law after peers inflicted a string of defeats.
EXCLUSIVE: Housing pressures may push councils into effective bankruptcy 04/09/2023 Rising housing pressures will force some councils to effectively declare bankruptcy, a local authority chief executive with more than 40 years of experience in the sector has warned.
Rayner takes levelling up role as Starmer shuffles his pack 04/09/2023 Labour leader Keir Starmer has appointed his deputy Angela Rayner as the party’s new shadow levelling up secretary.
South East Councils to consider devolution of vehicle excise duty 01/09/2023 The devolution of vehicle excise duty (VED) will be among the options expected to be considered by a London Finance Commission-style investigation.
Gove to ease nutrient neutrality requirements 29/08/2023 Ministers have announced they will ease divisive development rules on water pollution blamed for low housebuilding rates in rural areas.
Fresh calls to raise local housing allowance 23/08/2023 Calls have been made for ministers to increase local housing allowance (LHA) after research revealed 85% of English councils are facing a rise in homelessness.
Tories call for tax cuts to boost housing 23/08/2023 A group of Conservative MPs has called for tax cuts for areas where new housing is built.
Boycott Bill faces Scottish opposition 16/08/2023 The UK Government’s planned ban on council boycotts is facing opposition from Holyrood.
‘Mass exodus’ claims at North Lincolnshire 14/08/2023 North Lincolnshire Council is facing a ‘mass exodus’ of senior staff, opposition members have claimed.
Rowley insists Oflog will not take over audit 14/08/2023 A minister has been forced to clarify that Oflog is not attempting to replace the council audit system.
Fresh LGA drive to influence MPs over skills 07/08/2023 The Local Government Association has proposed to establish a skills and employment working group as it seeks to influence MPs ahead of the election.
Nutrient neutrality row goes to No10 24/07/2023 Council leaders have used a Downing Street summit to urge No10 to break the deadlock in a dispute over nutrient neutrality.
Exploitation warning after Illegal Migration Bill becomes law 20/07/2023 Unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) could be in danger of being exploited after the Illegal Migration Act created an incentive for them to run away.
First asylum barge arrives 18/07/2023 A controversial barge for 500 asylum seekers today arrived at its mooring off the Dorset coast.
Overton rejects breakaway Green group idea 10/07/2023 The re-elected leader of the Local Government Association’s (LGA) independents has rejected the idea of a breakaway Green group.
Tory MPs oppose boycotts ban 04/07/2023 Government moves to ban councils from imposing their own boycotts has faced opposition from Conservative benches.
Hancock: Whitehall oversight of care was terrible 27/06/2023 Whitehall oversight of adult social care before Covid-19 was ‘terrible’ and officials had no understanding of whether councils could cope, Matt Hancock admits.
'No progress' on devolution to London 21/06/2023 The capital appears to have ‘taken a step backwards’ on devolution, a former chair of London Councils has said.
Sheffield apologises 'unreservedly' for trees dispute 21/06/2023 Sheffield City Council has apologised ‘unreservedly’ after a report found the authority mishandled a dispute over the felling of thousands of healthy trees.
Councils call for more radical thinking on short-term lets 20/06/2023 Whitehall proposals to regulate short-term holiday lets fail to deliver what is needed to tackle housing shortages and ministers should think ‘more radically,’ councils have said.
Progress on devolution 'too slow' - LGA vice-president 16/06/2023 A Local Government Association vice-president has expressed ‘serious concerns about the Government’s increasing desire to centralise local service delivery across England out of Whitehall’.
Poor pandemic planning criticised 13/06/2023 Public health directors have criticised the Government’s Covid-19 preparedness – warning Whitehall must utilise council expertise to avoid repeat.
Questions over council land purchase proposals 30/05/2023 Labour's proposed legislation would allow councils to buy land at agricultural values using compulsory purchase orders.
Gove approves Teesworks probe 25/05/2023 Local government secretary Michael Gove has given the green light for a probe into Teesworks corruption claims.
Ministers promise CSA compensation scheme 23/05/2023 Ministers have promised a compensation scheme for survivors of child sexual abuse (CSA) including those abused in council care.
New leader for Brum after Labour ousts Ward 22/05/2023 The national Labour Party has selected Cllr John Cotton as the new leader of Birmingham City Council Labour group after its intervention last week.
Court case looms after election blunder 16/05/2023 A councillor who gained the most votes at a recent election faces a court case for her seat after a blunder led officials to announce the wrong winner.
'Widespread industrial action' warning 10/05/2023 Unite has warned the Scottish Government and employers there ‘could be widespread industrial action’ without a ‘significant increase’ to the current pay offer.
Compulsory purchase changes a 'slippery slope' 04/05/2023 A row has broken out in the House of Lords over proposed changes to compulsory purchase orders (CPOs).
Council staff respond to Sudan evacuation 02/05/2023 Councils have been urged to ‘apply maximum flexibility’ when UK nationals returning from Sudan present as homeless.
Betts questions Treasury trust of DLUHC 28/04/2023 An MP has criticised a ministerial response, warning it fails to ‘dispute the notion the Treasury no longer appears to trust’ the levelling up department.
Peers' warning over supported housing reforms 24/04/2023 Ministers must avoid forcing high-quality supported housing providers from the market in their rush to tackle rogue landlords, peers have warned.
Tories expect to lose 1,000 seats 17/04/2023 The Conservatives are braced to lose 1,000 council seats in next month’s local elections.
EXCLUSIVE: ‘It’s time for a new Audit Commission’ 12/04/2023 An ex-senior mandarin has today called for a new Audit Commission as The MJ reveals the draft metrics the Government is considering for its new watchdog.
Councils concerned over Afghan removal plan 12/04/2023 Councils have expressed deep concerns about Government plans to remove Afghan refugees from hotel accommodation amid ‘chronic’ shortage of affordable housing.
Labour pledges to revitalise high streets 12/04/2023 Labour will today promote its plan to revitalise ailing high streets through a £700m fund to help small businesses with soaring energy bills.
Councils warning over Prevent reforms 28/03/2023 Councils have raised serious concerns about the Government’s proposed Prevent counter-extremism strategy reforms.
Pension changes could ease recruitment pressure 21/03/2023 Changes to the pension rules could ease the pressure on senior recruitment in local government, sector figures have suggested.
Budget 2023: Hunt to boost mayors' financial autonomy 15/03/2023 Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced the Government will ‘boost mayors’ financial autonomy’ in his Budget.
Betts demands answers after Treasury clampdown on DLUHC spending 14/03/2023 A senior MP has written to ministers raising concerns about the Treasury’s oversight of Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities capital spending.
Croydon approves 15% tax hike 09/03/2023 Croydon LBC has approved a 15% council tax increase as part of a 2023-24 budget that was originally rejected.
LGA to beef up council oversight amid Oflog fears 07/03/2023 The Local Government Association (LGA) today revealed plans to beef up its oversight of councils in an effort to stave off Government interference.
Levelling up Bill ‘insulting’ to districts 28/02/2023 Peers have called for greater recognition of district councils in combined county authorities (CCAs).
Bed blocking down by just 3% a month on from £250m plan 22/02/2023 The Government’s £250m initiative to speed up hospital discharges reduced the number of bed blockers by less than 3% in its first month.
LGA-backed coalition in fresh plea for Government leisure support 22/02/2023 A coalition including the Local Government Association has written to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak warning of the ‘final straw’ for many gyms, pools and clubs.
Number of homeless Ukrainian refugees mounts 20/02/2023 Politicians have made a cross-party call to extend support for Ukrainian refugees to prevent them becoming homeless.
Levelling up director appointed amid recruitment uncertainty 17/02/2023 The Government is still ‘reviewing the recruitment process for levelling up directors’ despite appointing an ex-Number 10 official to a role with same title.
Pocklington to leave DLUHC amid Whitehall changes 07/02/2023 Permanent secretary Jeremy Pocklington will leave the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) amid a series of Whitehall changes.
Eastleigh finance review to start 07/02/2023 The Government has commissioned a review of Eastleigh BC’s finances to start this week after concerns over its debt levels.
Sector given role in NHS plan 31/01/2023 Local government will join an ‘expert group’ with the community sector and care providers to ‘build adult social care capacity’ as part of a new NHS plan.
Gove scales up Thurrock intervention 24/01/2023 Michael Gove has effectively ordered a full intervention of Thurrock Council amid fresh concerns over the authority’s governance, scrutiny and operating model.

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Recuriter: Essex County Council

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