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Sheffield equal pay review after union concerns

08/10/2024

Every job at Sheffield City Council will face evaluation after unions raised concerns over equal pay.

Tower Hamlets begins inspection fightback

26/09/2024

Best Value inspectors sent into Tower Hamlets LBC have been personally threatened with legal action by the council, The MJ understands.

Cash needed for next-stage Total Place deals

25/07/2024

A funding stream should be created to drive the second iteration of Total Place, a report has argued.

'Nothing should be off the table' – CIPFA chief

18/07/2024

Abandoned Conservative policies for fixing local government finance should remain on the table, the new chief executive of CIPFA has said.

King's Speech: A plan for devolution

17/07/2024

The new Labour Government has set out a widespread plan for devolution and economic growth in its Parliamentary timetable, with central diktat reserved for planning proposals.

McMahon and Pennycook announced as ministers

08/07/2024

Former Oldham MBC leader Jim McMahon has been appointed as a minister in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

DLUHC team wipeout in Labour landslide

05/07/2024

The Conservative Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) team has faced a near wipe out in Labour’s election landslide.

All change

27/06/2024

Cheshire West and Chester leader Louise Gittins has emerged as the frontrunner to be the next chair of the Local Government Association, The MJ understands.

London chief arrested

26/06/2024

A London borough chief executive has been arrested and charged with driving and drug offences.

Manchester legend Sir Howard Bernstein dies

22/06/2024

Former chief executive of Manchester City Council, Sir Howard Bernstein, has died, aged 71.

LGA axes conference due to election clash

24/05/2024

The Local Government Association (LGA) has officially cancelled its annual conference after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called the General Election that clashed with the event.

Gove could launch police inquiry for Birmingham

01/05/2024

Reports the levelling up secretary could send a police chief in to investigate financial mismanagement in Birmingham City Council have resurfaced.

Sunak's defence spending could hit council budgets, says IFS

24/04/2024

The Prime Minister’s announcement of extra defence cash could hit public sector budgets further, according to the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS).

Structures should be 'rationalised,' Hoare tells DCN

14/03/2024

Council funding should have been reformed by now and structures need to be ‘rationalised’ the local government minister told the DCN conference.

Budget: Chancellor launches productivity push

06/03/2024

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has unveiled a Budget with little respite for local government but demands for increased public sector productivity.

'Scorched earth' Budget likely to offer little for local government

06/03/2024

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is expected to unveil a ‘scorched earth’ Budget today, slashing National Insurance and leaving little left for public services.

Birmingham 'worse' than commissioners feared

22/02/2024

The situation in Birmingham City Council is worse than commissioners expected, a report to the secretary of state has claimed.

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. 

Birmingham faces 10% council tax hike

10/01/2024

Cash-strapped Birmingham City Council could raise council tax by 10% if the Government gives its finance plan the go-ahead.

Croydon cleared of discrimination claims

02/01/2024

Croydon LBC and its chief executive Katherine Kerswell have been cleared of allegations of racial discrimination by an employment tribunal.

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