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South Lanarkshire selects Civica to improve libary services

17-May-2013
Ministers 'deaf to rent arrear concerns'

17-May-2013
Derbyshire chief to depart

16-May-2013
Care challenges defy boundaries

16 May 2013
Have you got the 'N Factor'?

16 May 2013
The integration Holy Grail can be found

16 May 2013
Scrutiny committees identify £1.6m savings

15-May-2013
It takes much more than a free T-shirt

14-May-2013
Ballot box kicking fails to materialise

14-May-2013
Barnet and Manchester in FOI probe

14-May-2013
Cumbria appoints acting chief

10-May-2013
Raising standards on reduced budgets

9 May 2013
Thatcher’s key lesson for leadership

9 May 2013
The council is a catalyst for growth

9 May 2013
We are now free to call our own tune

9 May 2013
Lambeth issues welfare reform alert

7-May-2013
Analysis: The Ukip surge that shook local government

7-May-2013
Birmingham & Solihull bid for Heseltine cash

2-May-2013
Bristol appoints city director

1-May-2013
Cheshire East selects chief candidate

1-May-2013
Derby considers ending recycling in deprived wards

1-May-2013
High Court victory for Barnet outsource plan

29-Apr-2013
Treasury hints of whole place funding model

26-Apr-2013
Backing communities to drive reform

26-Apr-2013
LGC View - Spending round 2015-16

26-Apr-2013
The big four

26-Apr-2013
Regional leadership on health

25 April 2013
A strong identity is driving growth

24-Apr-2013
Purple is the colour of empowerment

24-Apr-2013
Westminster 'too busy' to share a chief

24-Apr-2013
Pickles backs free school application

24-Apr-2013
Bids placed for community budget network

24-Apr-2013
Cumbria chief takes early retirement

24-Apr-2013
Tri-borough chiefs to stand down

23-Apr-2013
Copyright agency eyes scores of councils without licences

23-Apr-2013
Planners 'are not blocking growth'

22-Apr-2013
Blackburn director to leave local government

22-Apr-2013
A local champion for every child

18 April 2013
Business rate discount schemes are shunned

18 April 2013
Online in an instant

18 April 2013
The importance of collaboration

18 April 2013
Time for local solutions to the worklessness problem

17-Apr-2013
Leaders and chiefs call for localised Work Programme

17-Apr-2013
Every little helps

17-Apr-2013
Sir Merrick stands down as leader

16-Apr-2013
London Councils call for local work scheme

16-Apr-2013
Business rate delays 'costing councils'

15-Apr-2013
Landfill sites at risk of coastal erosion

12-Apr-2013
Boroughs seek agreement to avoid housing chaos

11 April 2013
The cost of piloting the benefit cap

11 April 2013
Ofsted report prompts Sandwell resignations

10-Apr-2013
The Margaret we knew - by her favourite council's leader

10-Apr-2013
Worthing and Adur appoint shared chief

9-Apr-2013
'Her legacy is malign but worse is to come'

8-Apr-2013
Can you invest with a social purpose?

8-Apr-2013
Pickles proposes anti-'Pravda' law

8-Apr-2013
The local energy programme of Stoke-on-Trent

5-Apr-2013
EXCLUSIVE: Welfare 'partnership forum' established

5-Apr-2013
Myths and realities when it comes to EU procurement rules

3-Apr-2013
Exclusive: Lambeth to move homeless families to Kent

3-Apr-2013
Pension reform costs 'not sustainable'

3-Apr-2013
Welfare reforms 'will hit councils'

3-Apr-2013
Charity rate 'scam' hitting coffers

2-Apr-2013
Southwest One staff return to council

28-Mar-2013
A step change

28 March 2013
Any precedent set in Doncaster, could be repeated elsewhere

28 March 2013
Cities are ready and still waiting

28 March 2013
Do we need a legislative straitjacket?

28 March 2013
Doncaster review 'sovereignty threat'

28 March 2013
Mediawatch - March madness has been in the media air...

28 March 2013
On the parish council learning curve

28 March 2013
Community budget network plan branded ‘a fudge’

27-Mar-2013
Tower Hamlets urged to rebuild trust

27-Mar-2013
Troubled families work to be monitored

27-Mar-2013
Top academic to rule on outsourcing Doncaster MBC's children's services

26-Mar-2013
Community budgets to be rolled out

22-Mar-2013
A smooth transition: local networks to tackle welfare reform

21 March 2013
Analysis: Missing links

21 March 2013
The case for a national care service

21 March 2013
The train, the midwife and the moral

21 March 2013
This is a human concern, not a technological issue

21 March 2013
Three-point plan to drive local growth

21 March 2013
Budget 2013: Live coverage

20-Mar-2013
Recognising the impact of open spaces

18-Mar-2013
Growth teams 'cannot be new bureaucracy'

18-Mar-2013
We have to fix this

14-Mar-2013
‘Confidential’ peer report won't be published

14 March 2013
A question of engagement

14 March 2013
A tale of two councils

14 March 2013
Be proud about asking tricky questions

14 March 2013
Benefit schemes to be cut back next year

14 March 2013
Getting people to self serve

14 March 2013
Keep momentum in social work reform

14 March 2013
Mutual benefits

14 March 2013
The real power of the peer challenge

14 March 2013
We need to become more responsive

14 March 2013
Watchdog praises community budgets

13-Mar-2013
The importance of talented staff

13-Mar-2013
Better design 'can transform services'

13-Mar-2013
Budgeting for Growth

12-Mar-2013
Chancellor told to free up council finances

12-Mar-2013
Making the single pot work

12-Mar-2013
NHS could 'raise bar' for closure objections

8-Mar-2013
Right to appeal denied by DCLG

8-Mar-2013
Caerphilly criticised for 'unlawful' pay rises

8-Mar-2013
Dilnot is a building block, let’s move on

7 March 2013
From the sandpit to social change…

7 March 2013
Shaping our cities for an ageing population

6-Mar-2013
Small districts 'in danger of becoming unviable'

5-Mar-2013
Pilot councils sees online claimants fall

5-Mar-2013
One year on from the LGC Awards

4-Mar-2013
‘Resistance lets our residents down’

28 February 2013
Discontent is set to grow

28 February 2013
Engage with sector-led improvement

28 February 2013
Traditional strategies may be obsolete

28 February 2013
Tried and tested: The models under the microscope

28 February 2013
West Somerset 'is viable', top official claims

26-Feb-2013
Spin-offs and transfers in Thurrock

26-Feb-2013
Exclusive: Benefit claimants offered £6,500 to move out

26-Feb-2013
Bristol appoints interim 'city director'

21-Feb-2013
Counties frustrated by city deal focus

20-Feb-2013
Working with charities to produce results

19-Feb-2013
Ministers renew criticism of Tower Hamlets

18-Feb-2013
Rescue for 'unviable' council takes shape

18-Feb-2013
Mediawatch: Poster wars and political point scoring…

14 February 2013
Participation itself is part of our remit

14 February 2013
Harman intervention branded 'unacceptable'

13-Feb-2013
We didn't talk about NHS failures - but we've learned lessons

13-Feb-2013
Cornwall names chief executive

12-Feb-2013
'Loophole' councils warn of judicial review

11-Feb-2013
Joined up government

8-Feb-2013
Key shifts in our concept of leadership

7 February 2013
Isle of Wight to delete chief post

6-Feb-2013
County to split outsource contract

6-Feb-2013
Doncaster mayor leaves English Democrats

6-Feb-2013
Getting on the “Right Road” with 51 Ways To Save

5-Feb-2013
Former leader censured in incinerator row

5-Feb-2013
Oxford secures five-year pay deal

1-Feb-2013
Correction – Cllr Josh Peck

1-Feb-2013
Consensus to drive children’s agenda

31 January 2013
The fiscal decision we can’t defer

31 January 2013
There’s a vacuum at the very top

31 January 2013
Unjustifiable cuts in grant control

31 January 2013
Third county opts to increase tax levels

30-Jan-2013
Does the Growth and Infrastructure Bill pose a risk to ‘local’ planning?

30-Jan-2013
Lawyers go back to school in Cumbria

25-Jan-2013
Tower Hamlets appoints interim

25-Jan-2013
Decentralising health care

24 January 2013
The city is thriving in a harsh climate

24 January 2013
Tower Hamlets to look internally again

23-Jan-2013
District chief takes second job at county

23-Jan-2013
Lavery cites culture of contempt in UK exit

18-Jan-2013
Mediawatch: ‘No parking’ signs or no ‘no parking’ signs?

17 January 2013
Councils' tax intentions emerge

9-Jan-2013
Norfolk leader faces standards probe

9-Jan-2013
London boroughs to pilot benefit cap

20-Dec-2012
Housing powers given to Milton Keynes

14-Dec-2012
'Unviable' council doubts minister's suggestions

12-Dec-2012
Lewis visits 'unviable' district

11-Dec-2012
Article 8 doesn't mean you can't take possession

7-Dec-2012
West Somerset to become 'virtual authority'

6-Dec-2012
Engaging with Clinical Commissioning Groups

6 December 2012
Heseltine report a timely springboard

6 December 2012
Inspiration for 21st-century leadership

6 December 2012
Leadership ‘daft’ without followship

6 December 2012
North Norfolk leader found dead after shooting

3-Dec-2012
Creating partnerships to deliver building projects

3-Dec-2012
Heseltine to test run LEP proposals

29-Nov-2012
‘Ludicrous’ tax rules trigger referenda at 0%

29 November 2012
Collaboration is the key to reform

29 November 2012
Mediawatch: Massively inaccurate on judicial reviews

29 November 2012
Use reflection to renew commitment

29 November 2012
Waste PFI deal faces further delays

28-Nov-2012
HCA chief gets Newcastle job

27-Nov-2012
Community libraries: threat or opportunity?

26-Nov-2012
Leader bypasses DCLG in direct appeal to Number 10

23-Nov-2012
Free schools lodge planning fee complaint

23-Nov-2012
Tackling reoffending the tri-borough way

22 November 2012
Win-win on HRA

22 November 2012
Neighbours pledge support for 'unviable' council

21-Nov-2012
Southampton chief to depart

19-Nov-2012
Independent wins Bristol mayoral election

16-Nov-2012
Hartlepool dumps mayoral system

16-Nov-2012
‘Unviable’ district seeks help from ministers

15-Nov-2012
Beating an uncomfortable path

15 November 2012
Luton – changing perceptions

15 November 2012
Radical investment to deliver savings

15 November 2012
Stepping back and letting go

15 November 2012
Strategic partnerships – the keys to a great working relationship

14-Nov-2012
Brent misconduct allegations dropped

12-Nov-2012
Tories jettison Parsons ahead of elections

9-Nov-2012
A town hall with a new lease of life

8 November 2012
Bedford forced to issue CPO to Network Rail

8 November 2012
Health & wellbeing workstream

8 November 2012
Shifting the mindset to systems thinking

8 November 2012
Parsons resigns ahead of crunch meeting

7-Nov-2012
Dealing with increased demand for services

7-Nov-2012
Early birds set out stall on freeze funding

7-Nov-2012
Huggins to leave joint role

1-Nov-2012
Challenging ‘business as usual’

1 November 2012
Eastbourne publishes peer review

1 November 2012
Harness digital tools to shift power

1 November 2012
Essex pilot eyes £400m savings

31-Oct-2012
Richmondshire appoints managing director

26-Oct-2012
Barnet names next chief

26-Oct-2012
Tackling council tax fraud

25-Oct-2012
Whole-place pilots urge further engagement to drive savings

25 October 2012
'Helicopter views' to combat local silos

25 October 2012
Integrating services further

25 October 2012
Killian aims to build up sector's capacity

25 October 2012
Local action key to national results

25 October 2012
City to scrap services as extra cuts bite

24-Oct-2012
Ruling in PCT's favour in Dorset provider row

24-Oct-2012
Cornwall joint venture plans put on hold

23-Oct-2012
LGA finance leads appointed

19-Oct-2012
Councils can 'fix it', says Solace president

18-Oct-2012
Mediawatch: Why it pays to seek advice from the legal eagles

18 October 2012
Partnerships can drive recovery

18 October 2012
Two ordered to improve children's services

17-Oct-2012
Carnall slams council's 'independent' probe

12-Oct-2012
In practice: Slough’s troubled families programme

11 October 2012
Bringing all the information together in Newham with ChildView

9-Oct-2012
Row over districts in 'amicable divorce'

9-Oct-2012
Working in partnership to repair Surrey's roads

4-Oct-2012
App gives smaller firms a better chance of bidding

4 October 2012
Forty years later: is local government going forward to the past?

4 October 2012
Making a difference to the next generation

4 October 2012
Making guidance a seamless experience

4 October 2012
Making sure chiefs still pack a punch

4 October 2012
Moving forward in Blackburn

28-Sep-2012
Bailey takes on new role at City Hall

27-Sep-2012
Parsons' successor vows to 'repair damage'

27-Sep-2012
In pursuit of real and lasting value

27 September 2012
When to celebrate good times

27 September 2012
Anglesey intervention steps down a notch

26-Sep-2012
Mid Devon publishes peer challenge report

26-Sep-2012
Working together to transform housing in Fulham

25-Sep-2012
Uncertainty over repair to broken shared service

21-Sep-2012
Brent turmoil over suspension

20-Sep-2012
Mediawatch: The revolution has happened, get over it...

20 September 2012
Make-SHIFT towards regeneration

19-Sep-2012
Chief executives in or out of fashion?

18-Sep-2012
A roof over your head for a little bit of help

17-Sep-2012
County close to sealing waste contract

17-Sep-2012
The right time to be a chief executive

13 September 2012
Kerswell gets civil service post

12-Sep-2012
Necessary steps for local economic recovery

11-Sep-2012
Growth fund cash being held by councils

11-Sep-2012
Brent chief Daniel leaves after 14 years

10-Sep-2012
Waste contract efficiency guide due autumn

7-Sep-2012
Olympic logic offers strategic lessons

6 September 2012
Questions asked as councils fail to publish peer challenge results

6 September 2012
Universal Credit costs 'cannot be known now'

5-Sep-2012
Delivering affordable housing in North Staffordshire

4-Sep-2012
North Somerset integration plan hits the rocks

4-Sep-2012
Homelessness grant funding confirmed

3-Sep-2012
Fresh setback for Norfolk incinerator

30-Aug-2012
Localising the Social Fund: who’s in greatest need?

29-Aug-2012
Oxfordshire in pooled budget plan

24-Aug-2012
Forging new approaches to commissioning

23 August 2012
Outcry as deadline for pooling business rates brought forward

23 August 2012
Sporting legacy depends on funding

23 August 2012
Disabled children slipping through council care

22-Aug-2012
Newcastle chief departs

22-Aug-2012
Deal brokered in city pay dispute

22-Aug-2012
Call for councils to supply recycled materials to the market

15-Aug-2012
Maximising the potential of council property portfolios

14-Aug-2012
Planning delays will stifle growth, ministers told

9-Aug-2012
Act now or lose out on growth

9-Aug-2012
Your county your way

9-Aug-2012
City vision underpins map of delivery

9 August 2012
Going out to market for a chief executive

9 August 2012
Going without a chief executive

9 August 2012
Keeping it in the family

9 August 2012
Senior pay: the top line and the subtext

9 August 2012
Shire demand for business rate rethink

8-Aug-2012
The importance of structured collaboration

8-Aug-2012
Freud congratulated on localist apporach

7-Aug-2012
Treasury scrutiny for health PFI buyout plan

7-Aug-2012
How to handle a crisis?

6-Aug-2012
Council leader removed from NHS trust

3-Aug-2012
Shropshire to go chiefless

1-Aug-2012
Saving water and money in Exeter

31-Jul-2012
Stunell benefit comments 'misleading'

27-Jul-2012
Multi-agency data sharing in the East Riding

26-Jul-2012
Cornerstones for a sustainable future

26 July 2012
So far so good but where now?

26 July 2012
New burden cost exceeds funding cut

25-Jul-2012
Area told it has 1,700 troubled families finds... 32

25-Jul-2012
Securing funding for housing in East London

24-Jul-2012
Dawes to take retirement

23-Jul-2012
Bristol chief to retire

23-Jul-2012
Herefordshire chief to depart

23-Jul-2012
Durham consolidates revenues and incomes management systems onto Civica-supported shared service model

23-Jul-2012
The need to drive cashable efficiencies in the public sector

20-Jul-2012
Dorset names new chief

20-Jul-2012
Funding gap may be as much as 15%

19 July 2012
It's engagement but not as we know it

19 July 2012
Use open sourcing to pool expertise

19 July 2012
Strengths focused coaching in Ealing

17-Jul-2012
Tower Hamlets searches for interim chief

16-Jul-2012
Blackburn chief to take Wirral job

16-Jul-2012
Thurrock and Barking shared chief agreed

13-Jul-2012
City power packages mark ‘historic moment’

12 July 2012
Finance chiefs grapple with CTB timetable

12 July 2012
Integrating local government and the health service

12 July 2012
Ofsted announces tougher inspections as senior figures resign

12 July 2012
Public health funding formula to leave poor areas hit hardest

12 July 2012
A single database protecting those at risk in Derbyshire

10-Jul-2012
Hull chief executive departs

9-Jul-2012
New integrated provider on cards for London

6-Jul-2012
Small business loan fund to boost entrepreneurs

5-Jul-2012
A new social contract for the 21st century

5 July 2012
CTB proposals failing equality test

5 July 2012
Empowering communities to engage in shaping services

5 July 2012
Funding for the future

5 July 2012
Parsons resigns as Leicestershire leader

4-Jul-2012
Parsons resists resignation calls

2-Jul-2012
Bank ready to step in on large waste PFI projects

2-Jul-2012
Leaders highlight shared saving issue

29-Jun-2012
Norfolk incinerator put on hold by Pickles

29-Jun-2012
Wirral senior officers suspended

29-Jun-2012
Youth Contract extension 'tinkering' says LGA

28-Jun-2012
‘Use city deals to drive devolution’

28 June 2012
Pride all round on the Estuary

28 June 2012
Manchester chief to advise central London

25-Jun-2012
Brighton & Hove chief is City bound

22-Jun-2012
What welfare reforms mean to the Sandwell community

21-Jun-2012
Celebration brings economic benefits

21 June 2012
Funding public health - and the value of public servants

21 June 2012
Hopes of council tax discount flexibility ended

21 June 2012
North at risk in needs-based funds plan

21 June 2012
South-east offers Pickles a tax freeze

21 June 2012
Parsons defiant after censure

20-Jun-2012
Kelly in line for Southwark job

20-Jun-2012
Cracking down on fraud in Sefton

19-Jun-2012
Haringey chief to depart

19-Jun-2012
Parsons censured for code breaches

19-Jun-2012
Kent chief payoff was £420,000

15-Jun-2012
Councils to share after Manzie departure

14-Jun-2012
Plan B: working beyond the affordable

14 June 2012
Technology bringing frontline benefits

14 June 2012
Birmingham and Manchester join forces

13-Jun-2012
Tackling SuDS in Cambridgeshire

12-Jun-2012
Community service portals: engagement and enhanced services?

8-Jun-2012
IT overhaul as Portsmouth modernises services

7-Jun-2012
Business rate pooling under threat

31 May 2012
City deal boosts growth nationally

31 May 2012
Free travel too costly after 19% cut

31 May 2012
Local knowledge: a force for change

31 May 2012
Shapps' B&B assault prompts backlash

31 May 2012
Top thinktank's withering welfare reform verdict

31 May 2012
The diluted deal

29-May-2012
The keys to improvement - Oldham’s journey to ‘Excellent’ children’s services

29-May-2012
London parish gets go-ahead

28-May-2012
Chiefless council sets date

28-May-2012
Broomhead returns to Warrington

25-May-2012
North-west councils to pioneer universal credit

24-May-2012
Councils to inherit 'forced academy' debt

24 May 2012
Experts hit back at Stunell's council tax benefit comments

24 May 2012
Localism has hit a sticky patch

24 May 2012
Out went £1.6bn - in came £1.7bn

24 May 2012
Paying for social care before it is too late

24 May 2012
Referendums needed on police reforms

24 May 2012
Services must come before structures

24 May 2012
So much to do, so little time

24 May 2012
The devil is in the detail

24 May 2012
We’ve more information, but not enough

24 May 2012
Strikes planned for Sheffield recycling centres

23-May-2012
Stunell says 10% benefit cut 'easily covered'

22-May-2012
Cutting teenage pregnancy rates in Hull

22-May-2012
Plymouth appoints interim chief

21-May-2012
A new network for change

17 May 2012
Blame culture threat to real progress

17 May 2012
ChangeMaker: Alice Kershaw

17 May 2012
ChangeMaker: Dominic Glazebrook

17 May 2012
ChangeMaker: Jasmine Bennett

17 May 2012
Fresh focus for financial management

17 May 2012
It's a big vote with a bigger message

17 May 2012
LGC View - The ChangeMakers project

17 May 2012
New wave of city deals expected within weeks

17 May 2012
The full force of social productivity

17 May 2012
'Use scorecards to prove your point'

17 May 2012
We start by 'thinking the unthinkable'

17 May 2012
Welfare changes could leave councils footing redundancy bill

17 May 2012
Whitehall school funding formula sparks concern for council role

17 May 2012
Fraud officer took Kent to court

16-May-2012
Watchdogs urge peer review publication

16-May-2012
Tribunal orders Lambeth to restore records

15-May-2012
Did Portas have a point?

15-May-2012
News round-up 14/5: London borough looks at housing cap

14-May-2012
EK Services realises rapid efficiency savings through shared database and services

11-May-2012
Tower Hamlets slashes benefits processing times through outsourced Electronic Post Room

10-May-2012
Clark: not the end of the road for city mayors

10 May 2012
District decisions set to send counties’ welfare bills soaring

10 May 2012
Feel-good factor often overlooked

10 May 2012
Inside Out - Council Housing

10 May 2012
Labour retakes crisis-hit Wirral

10 May 2012
Labour surpasses election ambitions

10 May 2012
Local democracy is changing

10 May 2012
New market raises client side queries

10 May 2012
Partnerships key to wider care offer

10 May 2012
Support changes are ‘seismic’

10 May 2012
Parsons refused to authorise European expenses disclosure

9-May-2012
Westminster opens urban parish council vote

9-May-2012
Mayors that might have been

8-May-2012
Tinkering with structures is not the way forward

8-May-2012
Brent returning officer hits back in delay row

8-May-2012
Working with third parties to access funding in Flintshire

8-May-2012
What now for decentralisation?

4-May-2012
A metro mayor for Manchester?

4-May-2012
Liverpool and Salford elect Labour mayors

4-May-2012
'Weak' governance criticised at fraud-hit Kent

4-May-2012
Labour exceeds expectations

4-May-2012
Elected mayors rejected in all but one city

4-May-2012
Labour makes large gains

4-May-2012
Alexander wants officials back on payroll

3-May-2012
GPs eye joint commissioning with council

3-May-2012
News round-up 3/5: Polling day arrives

3-May-2012
Eastbourne Borough Council adopts agile working to drive £3 million savings

1-May-2012
Stockport wins LGC IT Initiative of the Year Award for revenues and benefits transformation

1-May-2012
Public health staff move to council offices

1-May-2012
Embracing apprenticeships in Lancashire

1-May-2012
Mayors should take axe to councillors, says thinktank

1-May-2012
Clegg aims for city votes

30-Apr-2012
Cross sector spin-outs can help councils buy for good

30-Apr-2012
Anglesey to introduce secret leadership ballot

30-Apr-2012
Public health transition chief to depart

27-Apr-2012
Call for academy intervention protocol

26 April 2012
Educate, excite and engage

26 April 2012
'Learn the language of commerce'

26 April 2012
Low-carbon sector ripe for growth

26 April 2012
Time to colonise the leadership space

26 April 2012
Wider support to ensure child safety

26 April 2012
News round-up 25/4: UK returns to recession

25-Apr-2012
Tory leaders criticise ministerial attacks over council tax

25-Apr-2012
Sharing York's heritage and future with the Chinese

24-Apr-2012
Thinking about regeneration in Basingstoke

24-Apr-2012
Let cities elect ‘metro mayors’ next – report

24-Apr-2012
Triborough support shows small decline

23-Apr-2012
Barnsley chief named

23-Apr-2012
Getting to grips with the new Blue Badge - Three months later

20-Apr-2012
If ministers want us to vote for mayors, why make it so hard?

20-Apr-2012
County rapped over child care papers theft

20-Apr-2012
Saving with user-centred design

19-Apr-2012
A perverse incentive

19-Apr-2012
A measured approach to metro mayors

19 April 2012
Building on brand loyalty

19 April 2012
Committee system could now be outdated, councils warned

19 April 2012
Holding up a mirror

19 April 2012
Kent leader says a chief could be ‘appropriate’ if council ‘lost direction’

19 April 2012
Post Offices: Lancaster case study

19 April 2012
Post Offices: Westminster case study

19 April 2012
Whitehall issues welfare resource warning ahead of reform roll-out

19 April 2012
Parsons survives removal motion

18-Apr-2012
East Herts appoints new chief

18-Apr-2012
News round-up 18/4: Tory fears over mayoral polls

18-Apr-2012
Urban parish council goes to the vote

17-Apr-2012
Working hard to tackle fraud

17-Apr-2012
Poll pressure on Labour increases

13-Apr-2012
New MD for Surrey social enterprise

12-Apr-2012
Labour's election targets clear

12-Apr-2012
How to fund a new public library

10-Apr-2012
Bournemouth whistleblower absolved

10-Apr-2012
An economic growth strategy for Norfolk

10-Apr-2012
LGA names procurement 'big winners'

5-Apr-2012
Care integration could distract from funding reform, experts warn

5 April 2012
Funding gap threat to children's care

5 April 2012
Charity to run council recycling centres

4-Apr-2012
Sykes takes lead in Doncaster intervention

4-Apr-2012
'Single council' interested in full weekly bin service

3-Apr-2012
Dispelling some myths of outsourcing

3-Apr-2012
Leeds to set up ‘combined authority’ as part of city deal

2-Apr-2012
News round-up 2/4: Gove pledges 'no turning back' on school reforms

2-Apr-2012
News round-up 30/3: Byrne in for Birmingham mayoralty

30-Mar-2012
LEPs get 'arbitrary' Growing Places increase

29-Mar-2012
Narrow support for mayors - new poll

29-Mar-2012
‘Ridiculously low' finance salary sparks expertise concern

29 March 2012
Care challenges demand joint demand

29 March 2012
Get the details right on business rates

29 March 2012
Local priorities to guide investment

29 March 2012
Planning policies lacking social vision

29 March 2012
Cameron to host 'cabinet of mayors'

28-Mar-2012
Going mobile: How Bolton Council took the plunge

27-Mar-2012
One city deal - many lessons

26-Mar-2012
Police review complaint against Parsons

26-Mar-2012
News round-up 26/3: Riots panel to tackle advertising

26-Mar-2012
Budget 2012: Threat to tax consultants at source

23-Mar-2012
News round-up 23/3: Further blow to Dilnot proposals

23-Mar-2012
Defra targets waste PFIs for savings

23-Mar-2012
Budget 2012: Alarm over housing reform threat

22-Mar-2012
City plan to ensure long-term growth

22 March 2012
Details of improvement regime emerge

22 March 2012
One vision for business and education

22 March 2012
Public debate key to spending priorities

22 March 2012
Shared goals to drive transformation

22 March 2012
Budget 2012: One council in ten to increase council tax

21-Mar-2012
News round-up 21/3: Kent fraud trial begins

21-Mar-2012
Budget 2012: As it happened

21-Mar-2012
Budget 2012: First 'city deal' gives Manchester tax back

21-Mar-2012
Parsons' chauffeured car goes amid expenses row

20-Mar-2012
Four rapped over FoI sloth

20-Mar-2012
The importance of bilingual care delivery

20-Mar-2012
Farrar to be Bath chief

19-Mar-2012
An opportunity for radical change

15 March 2012
Clark plays down city deals governance fears

15 March 2012
Elected mayors promise vital stability

15 March 2012
Reneging on care reform promise ‘could cost £25bn’

15 March 2012
Triumph for Southend at new-look LGC Awards

15 March 2012
News round-up 14/3: Bupa chief fires parting warning

14-Mar-2012
Gove 'shines light' with adoption scorecards

14-Mar-2012
Clark warns Manchester over mayoral future

13-Mar-2012
News round-up 13/3: 'Dozens' of council workers paid through companies

13-Mar-2012
Chief of three to go ahead

12-Mar-2012
Chief executive pay 'frozen'

12-Mar-2012
News round-up 12/3: Cities could keep unemployment savings

12-Mar-2012
Lib Dems clash over elected mayors

12-Mar-2012
Exclusive: Council 'brokering' role on school closure contested

9-Mar-2012
Rochdale chief named

9-Mar-2012
Council's contractor jobs rescued

8-Mar-2012
‘Place' offers exit from top-down trap

8 March 2012
Four building blocks for change

8 March 2012
LGC View - Commission for the Future of Local Government

8 March 2012
Members of the Commission for the Future of Local Government

8 March 2012
A new plan reflecting local priorities

7-Mar-2012
Shepherd moves up to chief

7-Mar-2012
Call to link officers' pay to engagement

7-Mar-2012
Treating older people as individuals is key

6-Mar-2012
Helping young people get into work in Surrey

6-Mar-2012
Audit mutual plan scrapped after contract snub

5-Mar-2012
Kemp to contest Liverpool mayoralty

5-Mar-2012
‘Whole place’ pilots to share Whitehall officials

2-Mar-2012
Roe poised to lead Westminster

2-Mar-2012
News round-up 1/3: Planning consents at five-year low

1-Mar-2012
Bolton ruling likely to set precedent for disclosure of business interests

1 March 2012
Funding social care

1 March 2012
Labour eyeing an open goal

1 March 2012
Labour plays down poll predictions

1 March 2012
LGC Future Leaders Network - On the day

March 2012 - online articles
LGC View - Local elections

1 March 2012
Local growth key to wider recovery

1 March 2012
One council in ten to reject tax freeze offer

1 March 2012
Hertfordshire chooses new chief

29-Feb-2012
New MD for Surrey social enterprise

29-Feb-2012
News round-up 29/2: Ignore lawyers, ministers told

29-Feb-2012
Former Liverpool chief takes children’s role

28-Feb-2012
'Perverse incentives' for business rates

28-Feb-2012
Staffordshire's move towards Public Service Networks

28-Feb-2012
MPs list community budget questions

27-Feb-2012
Unison warns over car package cuts

27-Feb-2012
Union threatens industrial action on pay freeze

24-Feb-2012
‘Let us keep our £600m business rate bonus,' treasurer urges

23 February 2012
Districts key to development drive

23 February 2012
Investment risk is pan-sector dilemma

23 February 2012
New commissioning role for residents

23 February 2012
Preparing for elections

23 February 2012
Rate growth offers opportunity, now

23 February 2012
The era of the city region

23 February 2012
Whole-place budget pilots to finalise teams

23 February 2012
Allocating public health resources to local authorities

22-Feb-2012
Parsons referred for further investigation

22-Feb-2012
Cities to take lead on Youth Contract

21-Feb-2012
Keeping up efforts to tackle domestic abuse

21-Feb-2012
When councils are faced with emergencies

21-Feb-2012
Expert hopeful over FoI review

21-Feb-2012
Marmot demands focus on inequality as cuts bite

20-Feb-2012
Manchester councils look to buy airport

20-Feb-2012
Leading Tory defends tax arrangements

17-Feb-2012
Moody's acts on council credit ratings

16-Feb-2012
A real agent of social activism

16 February 2012
Fresh flaws found in funding reform plan

16 February 2012
In practice: training councillors

16 February 2012
Integrated health commissioning is essential

16 February 2012
Joint working challenges us all

16 February 2012
LGC View - local democracy

16 February 2012
Our motto is 'more with more'

16 February 2012
Real cash threat is two years off

16 February 2012
Solace issues set of senior officer principles

16 February 2012
Tackling an 'acute' bias

16 February 2012
‘More than 30' set lower referendum limits

15-Feb-2012
Unfrozen Wales gets 2.1% council tax rise

15-Feb-2012
Digital democracy in Oldham

14-Feb-2012
News round-up 13/2: Prayers decision hailed

13-Feb-2012
Parsons clings on to leadership

13-Feb-2012
Politicisation row over Neill letter

13-Feb-2012
Plymouth's Keel quits

10-Feb-2012
NHS manager launches care home rating website

10-Feb-2012
CCG funding gulf could 'destablise services'

10-Feb-2012
Why we went for an elected mayor - without holding a referendum

10-Feb-2012
A city of opportunity: our four-point plan for success

9 February 2012
Chiefless councils skip meeting

9 February 2012
Committed to the change and rising to the challenge

9 February 2012
North Tyneside 1992-2002: It did not work over time

9 February 2012
Northumberland 1989-1992

9 February 2012
Our 'one council, one team' strategy

9 February 2012
Signing up for a new service pilot

9 February 2012
Tories resist pressure to freeze council tax

8-Feb-2012
Intervention at council could be reduced

8-Feb-2012
Liverpool strikes first 'city deal'

8-Feb-2012
Leader's expenses referred to standards committee

7-Feb-2012
Council loses case over tighter care rules

6-Feb-2012
Slow progress at intervention councils

6-Feb-2012
Parsons' expenses investigated

3-Feb-2012
Another option now exists

2 February 2012
Case study - Kingston-upon-Thames RBC

2 February 2012
Council tax benefit reform row deepens

2 February 2012
March deadline for 'city deals' sparks fears for flagship scheme

2 February 2012
Small but ‘significant’ shift to committees

2 February 2012
Vision and determination at the heart of successful redevelopment

2 February 2012
Why Birmingham believes less is so much more

2 February 2012
Shapps issues Growing Places and New Homes Bonus figures

1-Feb-2012
Chiefs bow out of sharing race

1-Feb-2012
Borough pips London Councils to post

1-Feb-2012
Broadband roll-out 'could damage roads'

1-Feb-2012
Brentwood sharing arrangement to end

1-Feb-2012
Shapps rules out housing finance changes

31-Jan-2012
Pickles names 150 council tax freezers

31-Jan-2012
Auditors tell council to drop 'informal' management style

30-Jan-2012
Shared service operation records large loss

30-Jan-2012
District council to fight incinerator

27-Jan-2012
Salford votes for elected mayor

27-Jan-2012
Minister postpones council election

27-Jan-2012
Jobs fear as environmental contractor folds

27-Jan-2012
Liverpool fast-tracks mayoral bid

26-Jan-2012
Residents want tax rise, says Tory leader

26-Jan-2012
Benefit system reforms and the risks to councils

26 January 2012
First signs of councils’ pay stance emerge

26 January 2012
Inside Out - On casualties and committees

26 January 2012
Making integrated commissioning work

26-Jan-2012
Manchester councils seek troubled families investment

26 January 2012
Mayors needs fighting for – or we won’t get them

26 January 2012
Neill defends continuing Treasury cash grab

26 January 2012
We've seen the chief executive problem before

26 January 2012
Whitehall ‘mean-median muddle’ poses data difficulty for councils

26 January 2012
Reducing costs and carbon

25-Jan-2012
A new approach to economic development

25-Jan-2012
London Councils criticise Boris advice

25-Jan-2012
Buckinghamshire districts to share

25-Jan-2012
Helping people help each other develop solutions

24-Jan-2012
Clark widens ‘city deal’ offer

24-Jan-2012
Censure for councillor who helped to expose fraud

23-Jan-2012
Hertfordshire sets out chief executive plans

23-Jan-2012
East Herts to consider management options

20-Jan-2012
East Cambs joins tax-raising Tory group

20-Jan-2012
Doncaster to vote on scrapping mayor

20-Jan-2012
Chiefless councils set out new structures

19 January 2012
Local Enterprise Partnerships set out aims

19 January 2012
Peer review pioneers warn of hidden pitfalls

19 January 2012
Pickles fires warning as Tories join council tax freeze rebellion

19 January 2012
Shouldering greater responsibility

19 January 2012
Three-year limit for troubled families unit

19 January 2012
Two-tier system 'may not survive'

19 January 2012
Westminster backs down on parking

18-Jan-2012
Norfolk incinerator gets all clear

18-Jan-2012
Biggest health and social care provider given the 'green light'

18-Jan-2012
No 'structural merger' of health and social care, MPs told

18-Jan-2012
Parliament 'needs local accountable officers' for pooled budgets

17-Jan-2012
Reporting hate crime in Sunderland

17-Jan-2012
News round-up 17/1: Expenses drive leads to McDonalds

17-Jan-2012
News round-up 16/1: Care fee cap of £60k proposed

16-Jan-2012
Tory city rejects council tax freeze

13-Jan-2012
Hammersmith reviews contracts for tax breaches

13-Jan-2012
Biggest health and social care link-up mooted

13-Jan-2012
Herts councils finance London Underground extension

13-Jan-2012
Far apart on green belt building

13-Jan-2012
Efficiency in 2011: a round-up

12-Jan-2012
News round-up 12/1: Monthly bin collections mooted

12-Jan-2012
Community budgets explained - Cheshire West and Chester

12 January 2012
Community budgets explained - Essex

12 January 2012
Community budgets explained - Greater Manchester

12 January 2012
Community budgets explained - West London 'tri-borough'

12 January 2012
Councils withhold sharing details

12 January 2012
Details emerge of four 'whole-place' pilots

12 January 2012
Media column: Talking about councils not to them...

12 January 2012
News Review - 12 January 2012

12 January 2012
Dozen to capitalise equal pay costs

11-Jan-2012
Pickles hits back at finance bill 'grumblers'

11-Jan-2012
News round-up 11/1: Treasury to harness council pension funds

11-Jan-2012
Shifting from acute to primary and community care

10-Jan-2012
News round-up 10/1: Green light for high-speed rail

10-Jan-2012
Coppard talks about Barnsley departure

10-Jan-2012
Driving localism in Lancashire

10-Jan-2012
Bins fund details delayed

9-Jan-2012
Mouchel deal given go ahead

9-Jan-2012
News round-up 9/1: Cash-strapped academies bailed out

9-Jan-2012
Chief to depart in cost cutting measure

9-Jan-2012
Quarterly spending data continues to frustrate

6-Jan-2012
South Norfolk's local democracy week

3-Jan-2012
Honours for local government officers and members

3-Jan-2012
Tory councils to snub bin cash

3-Jan-2012
Leading treasurer slams 'misleading' DCLG

3-Jan-2012
Well that was a year wasn't it!

3-Jan-2012
Balancing citizen and state in local communities

3-Jan-2012
Time to work together

3-Jan-2012
Optimism is needed to face tightening budgets

31-Dec-2011
All change for local government

29-Dec-2011
Filling a policy vacuum

27-Dec-2011
Unlocking potential for savings

24-Dec-2011
Solace speaks out on management restructuring

23-Dec-2011
Christmas job news 'appalling' says GMB

23-Dec-2011
Loughton outlines adoption reform plans

22-Dec-2011
National schools role for director at troubled council

22-Dec-2011
Quirk - Business rate plans 'simply wrong'

21-Dec-2011
Localising business rates: the case against

21-Dec-2011
Four 'whole place' community budget pilots

21-Dec-2011
Hertfordshire latest to review chief executive role

20-Dec-2011
Waltham Forest praised for gang prevention

20-Dec-2011
Government amends set-aside proposal

20-Dec-2011
Coppard to leave Barnsley

19-Dec-2011
Taxpayers' Alliance research questioned

16-Dec-2011
August 2011

15 December 2011
Casualties of 2011

15 December 2011
Councils rise to the challenge of accounting standards change

15 December 2011
February 2011

15 December 2011
May 2011

15 December 2011
News Review - 15 December 2011

15 December 2011
October 2011

15 December 2011
Putting all the pieces together

15 December 2011
September 2011

15 December 2011
Social care survey tracks satisfaction levels

15 December 2011
The view from Eric Pickles

15 December 2011
Tory leader considers council tax rebellion

14-Dec-2011
Fears over decline in voter registration

14-Dec-2011
Survey details FOI impact on councils

14-Dec-2011
A unique role for district councils

13-Dec-2011
'Mixed messages' blamed in Kent

13-Dec-2011
IT solutions providing the foundation for cost cutting success in Cheshire West and Chester

13-Dec-2011
Sector-owned improvement firm opens

13-Dec-2011
Gloucester City Council rethinks welfare processing model in seven-year service delivery partnership with Civica

12-Dec-2011
Once-monthly bin collections mulled

12-Dec-2011
Hammersmith leader to stand down

12-Dec-2011
Claimants to work for benefits

12-Dec-2011
News round-up 12/12: Care home rating system planned

12-Dec-2011
Children's director loses tribunal challenge

9-Dec-2011
News round-up 9/12: Inquiry into private health sector

9-Dec-2011
Kerswell to leave Kent

9-Dec-2011
Flexibility is key in this age of austerity

8-Dec-2011
A commission for the future

8 December 2011
Council tax rebels growing in number

8 December 2011
Eligibility criteria ‘need tightening’

8 December 2011
Fears grow of effect of funding cuts on health and wellbeing role

8 December 2011
Going to market together

8 December 2011
LGC View - Civic enterprise

8 December 2011
Lightening the load by sharing

8 December 2011
Mapping progress on shared services

8 December 2011
News Review - 8 December 2011

8 December 2011
Pushing ahead with community budgets

8 December 2011
Second chance for losing community budget bidders

8 December 2011
'City deals' could be a real step forward

7-Dec-2011
Council tax 'rise and rebate' bid scuppered

7-Dec-2011
MPs concerned over social care market

6-Dec-2011
Speed networking in Cheshire East

6-Dec-2011
Sustainability and social justice in Glasgow

6-Dec-2011
Southampton to reduce redundancy terms

5-Dec-2011
Poll finds Britons positive over waste collection

2-Dec-2011
News round-up 2/12: Flagship back-to-work programme 'hanging by a thread'

2-Dec-2011
Unite members barred from strike

2-Dec-2011
Adonis calls for clarity on mayoral powers

2-Dec-2011
Community budgets shortlists unveiled

2-Dec-2011
Working together to keep people safe at Christmas

1-Dec-2011
All wired up and ready for action

1 December 2011
Battling back against domestic abuse

1-Dec-2011
Dilnot peer hints at cap flexibility

1 December 2011
Doubts grow over robustness of proposed self-regulation regime

1 December 2011
Justice board U-turn welcomed

1 December 2011
More may shun council tax freeze

1 December 2011
No need to fear equal pay ruling

December 2011 - online articles
Thinktank to examine shared chief model

1 December 2011
Union facilities time revealed

1 December 2011
New equal pay ruling set to cost councils millions

30-Nov-2011
Osborne announces £1bn growth fund boost

30-Nov-2011
Ashford's community safety roadshow

29-Nov-2011
Ofsted finalises children's services league table

29-Nov-2011
DH spells out new GP consortia rules

25-Nov-2011
Figures show NEETs hit new record

25-Nov-2011
Shapps announces housing renewal allocations

25-Nov-2011
News round-up 24/11: Clegg to launch new £1bn youth jobs fund

24-Nov-2011
Child protection: Too many ‘inadequates’

24 November 2011
Ensuring legitimacy for police and crime commissioners

24 November 2011
Finance bill to be laid 'before Christmas'

24 November 2011
Full take-up of council tax freeze unlikely

24 November 2011
Funding for public health 'less than £4bn'

24 November 2011
It's not the time to run without a chief

24 November 2011
Six 'whole place' areas on shortlist

24 November 2011
Using team effort to tackle flood risk

24 November 2011
We will be judged by our explanations

24 November 2011
'We're at a critical stage'

24 November 2011
Public health concordat fails to answer questions

23-Nov-2011
Future strikes could face legal challenge

23-Nov-2011
Trend towards abolishing chief executive post continues

23-Nov-2011
New Ofsted concern over councils' safeguarding

22-Nov-2011
Treasury increases housing debt

22-Nov-2011
Official – Mayors can stand as police commissioners

22-Nov-2011
Investing in staff is an investment in the future

22-Nov-2011
Making saints from sinners

21-Nov-2011
Gateshead chief to retire

21-Nov-2011
New health inequalities group launched

21-Nov-2011
News round-up 21/11: PM unveils housing strategy

21-Nov-2011
Pickles to appeal over incinerator

18-Nov-2011
District council gets rated

18-Nov-2011
LGC Webinar - Citizen engagement through transparent government

17-Nov-2011
News round-up 17/11: Economic gloom thickens

17-Nov-2011
Kerswell position uncertain at Kent

17-Nov-2011
Personalisation agenda 'could break the bank'

17-Nov-2011
Spelman's Norfolk waste row is not a little local difficulty

17-Nov-2011
Audit reports flag up problems with accounting standards switch

17 November 2011
Benefits reforms bring contracts dilemma

17 November 2011
Case study: Cornwall Council - leading by example

17 November 2011
Cash-rich say reserves will have to be raided

17 November 2011
News Review - 17 November 2011

17 November 2011
Provider fees and eligibility criteria reviewed in wake of legal threats

17 November 2011
News round-up 16/11: Youth unemployment tops one million

16-Nov-2011
Overhauling the feedback mechanism in Staffordshire

15-Nov-2011
Movember gallery: local government's finest facial adornments

14-Nov-2011
District pulls plug on shared chief

14-Nov-2011
News round-up 11/11: UK borrowing costs fall to fresh low

11-Nov-2011
Spelman accused over incinerator delay

11-Nov-2011
City calls for Clark to embrace role

11-Nov-2011
Come on Eric, give Greg Clark something useful to do

11-Nov-2011
News round-up 10/11: Care fees decison could cost councils £1bn

10-Nov-2011
Care survey underscores UK ‘postcode lottery’

10-Nov-2011
A revolution with little impact - yet

10 November 2011
Fears over forced community governance arrangements

10 November 2011
Innovation must trump data sell-off

10 November 2011
It's transparent, but is it clearer?

10 November 2011
Lion's share of LEP funds goes to south-east

10 November 2011
Match-funding for social care

10 November 2011
News Review - 10 November 2011

10 November 2011
Schools' capital boost 'still not enough' for London

10 November 2011
'Steam age' pay talks criticised

10 November 2011
The challenge of increasing local democratic engagement

10 November 2011
Town halls still see open data as a chore

10 November 2011
We're embracing the data challenge in Birmingham

10 November 2011
Westminster mulls 'urban parishes'

10 November 2011
Councils gain top ranking for energy efficiency

9-Nov-2011
Early sharers to debate ending partnership

9-Nov-2011
Size of council websites to be reviewed

9-Nov-2011
New academies reject councils’ financial advice

9-Nov-2011
News round-up 8/11: Welfare reforms to hit north hardest

8-Nov-2011
Ofsted reveals children's services league table

8-Nov-2011
Bromley's self-service portal

8-Nov-2011
Tri-borough upfront costs revealed

8-Nov-2011
Transport funding gap grows

7-Nov-2011
News round-up 7/11: Minister slams union leaders

7-Nov-2011
Westminster launches consultation on new parishes

7-Nov-2011
Ministers hand £500m pot to LEPs

7-Nov-2011
Police commissioner salaries lowered by review

4-Nov-2011
Report paints bleak picture on NEETs

4-Nov-2011
Review flags fears over mobility payments

3-Nov-2011
Directors seek co-operation on Family Justice Review

3-Nov-2011
Gove details schools capital winners

3-Nov-2011
Oct 2011

3-Nov-2011
Alltimes calls for scaled up joint commissioning arrangements

3 November 2011
Call for open data to remain local

3 November 2011
Freedom of Information requests rise by 20%

3 November 2011
We know it could happen here too

3 November 2011
Ministers ask mayoral cities to bid for powers

2-Nov-2011
Southern Cross homes transfer not complete

2-Nov-2011
Ministers give cool response to watchdog MPs' calls

1-Nov-2011
Adoption tables expose annual fluctuations

1-Nov-2011
An engaging opportunity in Cherwell

1-Nov-2011
Scottish council appoints first female chief

1-Nov-2011
Coming of age in local government

1-Nov-2011
Greater Manchester pans planning reforms

31-Oct-2011
Sector defends adoptions record

31-Oct-2011
Four key battlegrounds for business rates reform

27-Oct-2011
Incumbents not guaranteed shared role

27-Oct-2011
A poisoned chalice for local government

27 October 2011
Brussels refuses to relax funding rules

27 October 2011
Lansley claims Dilnot's adult care funding reforms are 'regressive'

27 October 2011
Planning to break the toughest targets

27 October 2011
Resource review 'must consider council tax'

27 October 2011
Student cities lose out on income as compensation for tax losses is cut

27 October 2011
The only game in town?

27 October 2011
When local schemes are not the solution...

27 October 2011
Youth service cuts 'will hit £200m'

26-Oct-2011
News round-up 26/10: Public sector has 'poor staff', PM told

26-Oct-2011
Community safety cuts take their toll

26-Oct-2011
Ofsted highlights serious case review lessons

26-Oct-2011
Directors call for better school intervention powers

26-Oct-2011
LGA ducks crucial resource review questions

25-Oct-2011
Chance to redesign services 'being missed'

25-Oct-2011
News round-up 25/10: Education faces deepest cuts since 1950s

25-Oct-2011
Lessons in wifi access by Northumberland

25-Oct-2011
Suffolk set for sharing hat-trick

24-Oct-2011
Thinktank urges 'bold' business rates reform

24-Oct-2011
Borough's improvement notice published

24-Oct-2011
News round-up 24/10: Pensions strike vote due

24-Oct-2011
Doncaster chief decided

24-Oct-2011
News round-up 21/10: Devolution report calls for mayors

21-Oct-2011
Councils sign up to public health pact

21-Oct-2011
Care funding 'only part of reform' says Burstow

21-Oct-2011
DfE to consult on new youth services guidance

20-Oct-2011
Myers set to start twin-borough role

20-Oct-2011
Suffolk names Hill replacement

20-Oct-2011
News round-up 20/10: 'Boris for Greater Liverpool'

20-Oct-2011
A digital drive to tackle deprivation

20 October 2011
Are we willing to pay the price for self-sufficiency?

20 October 2011
Brent hails libraries judicial review verdict

20 October 2011
Call for clarity on youth services

20 October 2011
Council abandons rationing plans

20 October 2011
Effective sanctions for a revised standards regime

20 October 2011
Greater Manchester keen to bid for 'whole place' pilot status

20 October 2011
It's still a very complicated system

20 October 2011
LGC View - Resource review

20 October 2011
New health reform guidance vague over councils' support role

20 October 2011
News Review - 20 October 2011

20 October 2011
Sector seeks common ground on rates

20 October 2011
Southern Cross collapse 'councils' fault'

20 October 2011
Camden looks internally for next chief

19-Oct-2011
Thinktank issues personalisation warning

19-Oct-2011
Half of councils 'cannot monitor school finances effectively'

19-Oct-2011
LGA calls for academy funding role

19-Oct-2011
Sector agress Health and Wellbeing Board plan

18-Oct-2011
Peer blames hospitals for social care cash woes

18-Oct-2011
Jobs charter creates employment for City's workless in Birmingham

18-Oct-2011
News round-up 18/10: Inflation hits new heights

18-Oct-2011
MPs call for clarity on youth services

17-Oct-2011
LGA calls for rule change on NEETs

17-Oct-2011
News round-up 17/10: Council expenses under spotlight

17-Oct-2011
Carter sees off leadership challenge

17-Oct-2011
Time 4 Change in Blaby

14-Oct-2011
Council suspends officer over Mouchel warning

14-Oct-2011
Chiefs pledge to help strengthen local democracy

14-Oct-2011
'Tri-borough' councils go external for adult care director

14-Oct-2011
Council tax benefit concerns must be heeded

13-Oct-2011
Councils' key role in delivering domestic energy efficiency

13-Oct-2011
Pickles waste decision overturned

13-Oct-2011
Private rent unaffordable for working families

13-Oct-2011
'Fewer jobs' in Somerset's £20m change plan

13-Oct-2011
County launches independent probe after jailing

13-Oct-2011
Brent wins libraries judicial review

13-Oct-2011
Business rates reform could hit shires hard

13 October 2011
Challenges posed by the new education landscape

13 October 2011
Different needs, different partnerships

13 October 2011
Local government knows all about the 'what', now it's tackling the 'how'

13 October 2011
News Review - 13 October 2011

13 October 2011
No time for standing still

13 October 2011
Police accountability

13 October 2011
Role merger call stirs defiant response

13 October 2011
Schools forums offer strategy 'vehicle'

13 October 2011
Size of Treasury's business rate 'clawback' could rise to £3.5bn

13 October 2011
Structure set up to strengthen local links

13 October 2011
The changing face of leadership

13 October 2011
The power of a strategic partnership

13 October 2011
Three steps to success

13 October 2011
Ex-Islington chief in frame for Doncaster

12-Oct-2011
Birmingham gains top credit ratings

12-Oct-2011
'Grow your own' in South Staffordshire

12-Oct-2011
Tackling domestic waste in Wakefield

11-Oct-2011
Council plans move to five-term school year

11-Oct-2011
Driving low carbon communities

10-Oct-2011
Birmingham launches social work academy

10-Oct-2011
'A coffin, a grand piano and a pet tortoise...'

10-Oct-2011
Directors applaud new Education Bill amendment

7-Oct-2011
Wiltshire scrap chief executive post

7-Oct-2011
District 'can't afford' full-time chief executive

7-Oct-2011
Kent optimistic of recovering cash

7-Oct-2011
Public health potential still shines bright

6-Oct-2011
News round up 6/10: Cameron speech verdict

6-Oct-2011
Chiefs 'rebel' against health cash sign-off

6 October 2011
Children's service still £5m off target

6 October 2011
Councils face picking up bill for electoral registration changes

6 October 2011
Creating a framework for equality

6 October 2011
In possession of the facts

6 October 2011
In Practice - Elmbridge/Wychavon peer partnering

6 October 2011
Local government's rising stars announced

6 October 2011
News Review - 6 October 2011

6 October 2011
Openness is our driver for excellence

6 October 2011
The proof is in the peer review pudding

6 October 2011
PM's speech to the Conservative Party conference

5-Oct-2011
Swindon collects ‘£2.7m rebate’

5-Oct-2011
Councils refute overspend figures

5-Oct-2011
News round up 5/10: Pay down your credit cards, PM urges

5-Oct-2011
The conversations we need to be having

4-Oct-2011
Birmingham names new children’s safeguarding chair

4-Oct-2011
Tri-borough partners detail £1m shared management savings

4-Oct-2011
Mersey bridge gets go-ahead

3-Oct-2011
Riot review calls for new social media procedures

3-Oct-2011
News round up 3/10: Council Tax freeze to continue

3-Oct-2011
Ministers publish new DCS proposals

3-Oct-2011
'Free council' plans unveiled

3-Oct-2011
Scotland takes stock of shared Twitter event

3-Oct-2011
News round up 30/9:Treasury looks to pension funds

30-Sep-2011
Ombudsman issues warning on alternative schooling

30-Sep-2011
Conwy select new chief

30-Sep-2011
Labour was 'too slow to trust' councils, Flint says

29-Sep-2011
‘Slim chance' LGA plan will make consultation

29 September 2011
‘Twin hatter’ role allowed to stay

29 September 2011
City placed culture at heart of its economic vision

29 September 2011
Creative communities

29 September 2011
Dilnot's 'care cap' proposal may prove too expensive for Osborne

29 September 2011
FoI law ‘applies to personal email accounts’ used for official business

29 September 2011
Gaps in guidance worry culture sector

29 September 2011
Helping young citizens make a difference

29 September 2011
Labour councils sign up to implement 'Harman's law' on equality

29 September 2011
LGC view: Planning, arts and culture

29 September 2011
News Review - 29 September 2011

29 September 2011
PEOPLE - 29 Sept

29 September 2011
Number of children in care hits 24-year high

28-Sep-2011
Labour sketches new vision for public services

28-Sep-2011
Southern Cross announces transfer plan

28-Sep-2011
Fulfilling the promise of Britain

27-Sep-2011
Miliband: prioritise workers for council housing

27-Sep-2011
Labour plans to reverse bus deregulation

27-Sep-2011
Working together to deliver schools

27-Sep-2011
Charity warns of learning disability housing crisis

27-Sep-2011
Gypsies, travellers and local government

26-Sep-2011
Labour slams Vince Cable's 'department for stagnation'

26-Sep-2011
LEP link-ups key to Northern economic future

26-Sep-2011
Sept 2011

26-Sep-2011
London councils to share internal audit

26-Sep-2011
Balls urges tax on bankers to fund youth jobs

26-Sep-2011
Birmingham details maintenance framework deal

26-Sep-2011
Trio to discuss shared management

26-Sep-2011
Community Budgets: a worn out approach?

23-Sep-2011
County leader to stand down

23-Sep-2011
Suffolk post draws attention despite 25% pay cut

23-Sep-2011
Report warns of obstacles to health integration

22-Sep-2011
Creating stability, building confidence, providing direction

22-Sep-2011
Regulation is at risk

22-Sep-2011
Brixton Village

22 September 2011
Chief fears for council as his post faces axe

22 September 2011
Councils 'not ready' to take on health role

22 September 2011
Fab Lab Manchester

22 September 2011
Hughes: reclassify sector spending

22 September 2011
Incredible edible Todmorden

22 September 2011
Loving Lewisham's litter app

22 September 2011
News Review - 22 September 2011

22 September 2011
Population concerns could see commissioning cross council borders

22 September 2011
Riots spur creation of DCLG unit to work with 'problem families'

22 September 2011
Part-time chief set to get thumbs up

21-Sep-2011
Teather unveils new council pathfinders

21-Sep-2011
East Surrey social enterprise to 'go live' next month

21-Sep-2011
ADASS names new vice president

21-Sep-2011
Kent officer denies fraud charges

21-Sep-2011
Birmingham City Council in line for NHS legal work

21-Sep-2011
News round up - 21 September

21-Sep-2011
Cheshire blows it’s trumpet

21-Sep-2011
'Plenty of time' to get Health and Wellbeing boards right

20-Sep-2011
Baker promises help for trams and bus services

20-Sep-2011
Innovation in cross-agency partnership

20-Sep-2011
Local Area Partnerships in Cheshire East

20-Sep-2011
Council carbon data published

19-Sep-2011
Kent set for leadership contest

19-Sep-2011
Cameron 'backs' early intervention foundation

19-Sep-2011
Plymouth takes Unison back

16-Sep-2011
DH launches 'engagement exercise' on social care policy

16-Sep-2011
Hanningfield arrested over Essex fraud claims

15-Sep-2011
Search for Hill's replacement underway

15-Sep-2011
NAO spotlights personal budget shortcomings

15-Sep-2011
A dog's breakfast of planning reform

15 September 2011
A new role needs a new social contract

15 September 2011
Finance concerns stall academy conversions

15 September 2011
Funds face tobacco investment dilemma

15 September 2011
LGC View: Future councils

15 September 2011
News Review - 15 September 2011

15 September 2011
Red tape on children's placements hindering staff, minister told

15 September 2011
Sector moves for more influence

15 September 2011
The shape of things to come

15 September 2011
Extent of problem families revealed

14-Sep-2011
Director suspended at Leicester City Council

14-Sep-2011
Five steps to getting the most from telecare

14-Sep-2011
You can with YouTube

14-Sep-2011
News round up - 13 September

13-Sep-2011
North Lincolnshire's Pods and free swimming

13-Sep-2011
Benefit claimants face 30% cut

13-Sep-2011
Disabled care report highlights 'coping' councils

12-Sep-2011
Tower Hamlets votes against broadcasting investment

12-Sep-2011
Council begins riots inquiry

9-Sep-2011
Southwark chief leaves

9-Sep-2011
Council may delete chief post

9-Sep-2011
Private-sector weight programmes outperform NHS

8-Sep-2011
Bournemouth chief announces retirement

8-Sep-2011
Delivering services through innovative partnerships

8 September 2011
Extra £17m cost for Birmingham social care

8 September 2011
Leading with innovation

8 September 2011
Pickles ‘does not have power’ to intervene on third sector funding

8 September 2011
Understanding what social media means

8 September 2011
Welsh intervention is a bad sign

8 September 2011
Business rates: a beginner's guide

7-Sep-2011
Peterborough director resigns over Ofsted inspection

7-Sep-2011
Tory council set to fund union's legal battle

7-Sep-2011
Gove celebrates latest academy conversions

7-Sep-2011
Birmingham set to launch hunt for new DCS

7-Sep-2011
Localism Bill: cities primed for ‘devolution deal’

7-Sep-2011
Council audit contracts up for grabs

6-Sep-2011
Tributes paid to housing chief

6-Sep-2011
Thinktank calls for hospital closures to be 'de-politicised'

6-Sep-2011
Labour slams business rates plans

6-Sep-2011
Workplace travel and the Big Green Commuter Challenge in Havant

6-Sep-2011
Lib Dems to renew battle over NHS reforms

5-Sep-2011
Tower Hamlets mulls £75k webcast system

5-Sep-2011
Ofsted calls for school safeguarding improvements

2-Sep-2011
District plans hunt to replace interim chief

2-Sep-2011
Ofsted proposes sharper focus on adult education failings

1-Sep-2011
Adonis calls for Greater Manchester mayor

1-Sep-2011
Academies plan toned down

1 September 2011
Districts eye shared chief for five councils

1 September 2011
Essex social care trading firm pays £1m dividend

1 September 2011
Governance: our servant, not our master

1 September 2011
Have the wheels fallen off shared management?

1 September 2011
Learning the principles of partnership

1 September 2011
Letter of the week - 1 September 2011

1 September 2011
News Review - 1 September 2011

1 September 2011
Putting green space at the heart of public health policy

1 September 2011
Shoesmith case ‘offers chance for clarity’

1 September 2011
The questions that remain

1 September 2011
Understanding what works

1 September 2011
Views of the week - 1 September 2011

1 September 2011
Questions remain over Southern Cross landlords

31-Aug-2011
Ministers approve extra intensive intervention spending

31-Aug-2011
Union row leaves Plymouth deal in limbo

30-Aug-2011
Southern bias towards first free schools

30-Aug-2011
Orkney plans senior officer cull

30-Aug-2011
Tackling anti-social behaviour

30-Aug-2011
Trafford chief stands down

26-Aug-2011
News round up - 26 August

26-Aug-2011
Opposition pact shortens Edinburgh's tramline

26-Aug-2011
Media comments spark ministers' attack on council

26-Aug-2011
Electoral watchdog intervenes

25-Aug-2011
LGA chair says Heseltine is wrong

25-Aug-2011
CBI demands more government support for private finance

25-Aug-2011
Councils to trial new finance tool

25-Aug-2011
Southwark fires riot evictions warning

24-Aug-2011
Kent criticised over £24m in tobacco shares

24-Aug-2011
Unison threatens Plymouth with legal action

24-Aug-2011
Enterprise zones - the second wave

24-Aug-2011
Aug 2011

24-Aug-2011
Councils rapped over special needs assessments

23-Aug-2011
Voluntary sector issues mutuals warning

23-Aug-2011
City turns to Nectar to boost recycling

23-Aug-2011
A quarter of employers cutting costs

23-Aug-2011
A sustainable future in Ashford

23-Aug-2011
Unison reject call for quiet in Plymouth row

22-Aug-2011
David Miliband to chair youth taskforce

19-Aug-2011
Lib Dem peer: judges 'extremely uneasy' about evicting rioters

18-Aug-2011
Integration focus added to NHS reform process

18-Aug-2011
Unite and GMB withdraw from Plymouth deal

18-Aug-2011
‘Action needed’ on local initiative

18 August 2011
Awards: Islington - legal

18 August 2011
Building on community spirit

18 August 2011
Central and local government working together

18 August 2011
Concerns grow over academy cash grab

18 August 2011
Councils fear long-term effects

18 August 2011
Districts fear being left out of reform plans

18 August 2011
Fears raised over community right to buy compensation

18 August 2011
Library ruling put back to October

18 August 2011
News Review - 18 August 2011

18 August 2011
Social media and face-to-face dialogue helped quell disorder

18 August 2011
Staff consider more strike action

18 August 2011
Think Amazon - think future councils

18 August 2011
Working together as one

18 August 2011
PM gave 'false hope' over Stoke enterprise zone pledge

17-Aug-2011
City council 'de-recognises' union

17-Aug-2011
Anglesey councillors 'not the whole problem'

17-Aug-2011
‘Action needed’ on local initiative

17-Aug-2011
No need to reinvent the wheel on troubled families

17-Aug-2011
New wave of enterprise zones announced

17-Aug-2011
Wandsworth justifies eviction stance

16-Aug-2011
'Invisible' police authorities unite to criticise May

16-Aug-2011
News round up - 16 August

16-Aug-2011
A diabetes roadshow

16-Aug-2011
Interim chief to stay amidst recruitment fears

16-Aug-2011
Lib Dem momentum continues

15-Aug-2011
Youth workers to strike

15-Aug-2011
Ealing to set up crisis fund

15-Aug-2011
News round up - 15 August

15-Aug-2011
Councils are showing us the money, but who's looking?

15-Aug-2011
Armchair auditors 'yet to emerge'

15-Aug-2011
Riots, looting and evictions - a legal view

12-Aug-2011
New NHS guidance quiet on commissioning support

12-Aug-2011
Take lead on transparency, says comms chief

12-Aug-2011
Kent CC: Pfizer recovery could take decade

12-Aug-2011
Shapps looks to widen powers to evict rioters

11-Aug-2011
Scrapped youth jobs scheme had 'numerous benefits'

11-Aug-2011
LGA hails work of councils in face of riots

10-Aug-2011
Legal wrangle rolls on as guided buses run at last

10-Aug-2011
New local TV stations could 'reinvigorate local democracy'

10-Aug-2011
Street violence - the council response

9-Aug-2011
Seven councils plan support services merger

9-Aug-2011
LGA to attend Cobra meeting

9-Aug-2011
Ofsted flags up commissioning fears

9-Aug-2011
Councils begin post-riot clean up

9-Aug-2011
Breaking the poverty trap

9-Aug-2011
Violence 'unjustifiable' say London leaders

8-Aug-2011
Neill lashes out at planning protesters

8-Aug-2011
Report questions Dilnot benefits

8-Aug-2011
Southern Cross boss could get '£500,000 payoff'

8-Aug-2011
Liberal Democrats take Conservative seat in latest by-elections

5-Aug-2011
LGA will take over public assets drive

5-Aug-2011
Leicester abolishes role of chief executive

5-Aug-2011
Where are the edicts on commmunity budgets?

4-Aug-2011
Awards: Bournemouth - public private partnership

4 August 2011
Councillors reject allowance cut call

4 August 2011
Creative Councils shortlist published

4 August 2011
Directors of public health ‘may need to take on additional portfolios’

4 August 2011
Former Kent officer 'used fees to buy Jaguar'

4 August 2011
It’s time for a new dialogue - a county view

4 August 2011
Ministers in 'cloud cuckoo land' over voluntary pooled budgets

4 August 2011
News Review - 4 August 2011

4 August 2011
Open services ‘CCT with spades’

4 August 2011
Three specific challenges - a district view

4 August 2011
Whitehall payoffs put councils in shade

4 August 2011
Lansley announces 75 HealthWatch 'pathfinders'

3-Aug-2011
County mulls asking all schools to be academies

3-Aug-2011
Former Kent officer 'used fees to buy Jaguar'

3-Aug-2011
Open services ‘CCT with spades’

3-Aug-2011
DH to reveal Local HealthWatch 'pathfinder' councils

3-Aug-2011
LEPs get start up cash

3-Aug-2011
Supreme Court rejects Shoesmith challenges

2-Aug-2011
LGA defends charity cuts

2-Aug-2011
Shropshire chief takes councillor to task

2-Aug-2011
Districts approve shared service tie-up

2-Aug-2011
'Talking Pages' project

2-Aug-2011
Report exposes dips in health inequalities funding for deprived areas

1-Aug-2011
Early retirement for Carlisle chief

1-Aug-2011
A framework for personal development

1-Aug-2011
Tower Hamlets successor announced

29-Jul-2011
Union calls for new bullying policy

29-Jul-2011
Manchester presses further on shared services plan

29-Jul-2011
CQC expands Castlebeck concerns

28-Jul-2011
Charity bemoans further fall in adoption figure

28-Jul-2011
Walsall to terminate Serco schools deal

28-Jul-2011
Telford names interim chief

28-Jul-2011
Showing a united front to boost regeneration

27-Jul-2011
Kent finds permanent social services director

27-Jul-2011
Interim chief made permanent

27-Jul-2011
Council's 'big society' bid hailed a success

27-Jul-2011
Ofsted unveils plans for new unannounced inspections

27-Jul-2011
Surrey to share dementia-services tool

26-Jul-2011
Public Services Network and the art of sharing

26-Jul-2011
New chair chosen for LGA improvement board

26-Jul-2011
Suffolk names interim CEO

26-Jul-2011
Blackpool appoints new chief

25-Jul-2011
Leaked Lansley letter echoes council pension fears

25-Jul-2011
Parsons lands LGA environment role

25-Jul-2011
Royal borough launches one-stop shop

25-Jul-2011
Members take to the road

24-Jul-2011
All change at the top

22-Jul-2011
Borough to delete chief executive post

22-Jul-2011
Pioneering billboard case costs £260,000

22-Jul-2011
Cornwall kicks off integrated health scheme

22-Jul-2011
Waste scheme could be scrapped following PFI cuts

22-Jul-2011
Children's services director for 'tri-borough' appointed

22-Jul-2011
Social enterprise partnership wins sports and leisure contract

21-Jul-2011
July 2011

21-Jul-2011
Boroughs negotiate Serco deal for schools’ improvement work

21 July 2011
Catching the localgovcamp mood

21 July 2011
Child foundation proposal backed

21 July 2011
Greenwich drops crossword to stay within newspaper guidelines

21 July 2011
LGC awards - Bolton management team

21 July 2011
Munro review ‘needs action’

21 July 2011
Senior staff should be taking note

21 July 2011
Southern Cross 'needs local input'

21 July 2011
Watch list of danger councils proposed

21 July 2011
Auditor to inspect Welsh council

20-Jul-2011
DH calls for proposals on boosting private-sector providers

20-Jul-2011
Local government co-founds new care commission

20-Jul-2011
Tamworth names next chief executive

20-Jul-2011
A quest for co-produced communities

19-Jul-2011
Gove announces £2bn schools capital programme

19-Jul-2011
Clark takes on city champion role

19-Jul-2011
Lords report slaps down 'nudge' techniques

19-Jul-2011
Shared chiefs fall through

19-Jul-2011
Minister decries renewal cuts 'sob stories'

19-Jul-2011
Looking at Big Society in Sutton

19-Jul-2011
Nine councils named for new payment-by-results pilots

18-Jul-2011
Miliband backs co-op council network

18-Jul-2011
Panorama home staff ‘failed to alert safeguarding board to complaints’

18-Jul-2011
Directors to share top job

18-Jul-2011
Ministers publish Gloucestershire improvement notice

18-Jul-2011
Director to take top post

15-Jul-2011
Whiteman to leave local government

15-Jul-2011
Complaints to ombudsman soar by 21%

15-Jul-2011
Council caught in cover-up

15-Jul-2011
Councils told to give public health directors 'senior officer status'

15-Jul-2011
Being creative in partnership

15-Jul-2011
A consumer’s approach to services

14 July 2011
Awards: Mansfield - low carbon

14 July 2011
Big Society needs strong government

14 July 2011
Big Society pioneers

14 July 2011
Councils sidelined by DfE academy drive

14 July 2011
Districts chief deal collapses

14 July 2011
Eden DC: rural vanguard

14 July 2011
Ex-Kent procurement officer's fraud trial could affect hundreds of bodies

14 July 2011
It’s all about partnership

14 July 2011
Letting go with care

14 July 2011
Library plans face legal challenge

14 July 2011
News Review - 14 July 2011

14 July 2011
Rates reform 'could hit manufacturing sector'

14 July 2011
Sheffield shows how to shape leaders fit for the future

14 July 2011
Sutton LBC: Business as usual

14 July 2011
Tax collection 'not politically related'

14 July 2011
Windsor & Maidenhead: Evolution, not revolution

14 July 2011
Southampton chief dismisses job loss claims

13-Jul-2011
Cornwall outlines joint venture plan

13-Jul-2011
Ministers publish Munro Review plan of action

13-Jul-2011
Ministers 'must be bold on business rates'

13-Jul-2011
The great reckoning: 2010 pension fund valuation results

13-Jul-2011
Brighton Greens float 3.5% tax rise

12-Jul-2011
Ofsted calls for councils to back 'nurture groups'

12-Jul-2011
Calling time on troublesome landlords

12-Jul-2011
Leaked document details 1,000-plus job cuts

11-Jul-2011
Southern Cross break-up confirmed

11-Jul-2011
Kent in fraud arrest storm

11-Jul-2011
Camden chief to stand down

8-Jul-2011
Southampton tops up social workers' pay

8-Jul-2011
York ponders cut in hours

7-Jul-2011
Barnet rejects Pickles' contract criticism

7-Jul-2011
Under Pressure

7-Jul-2011
Dispatches from the long grass

7-Jul-2011
Allen: PM must push for private investment in early intervention

7 July 2011
Awards: Hertfordshire CC - workforce

7 July 2011
It's not going to get any easier

7 July 2011
Kent's empty homes scheme adopted

7 July 2011
LGA conference’s hot topics

7 July 2011
Local decisions on libraries face challenge

7 July 2011
News Review - 7 July 2011

7 July 2011
Partnerships to preserve our heritage

7 July 2011
Sector fine-tunes peer review performance management proposals

7 July 2011
Suffolk to slash chief's salary in wake of Hill's departure

7 July 2011
Southampton talks cancelled

6-Jul-2011
Supreme Court backs council in landmark care case

6-Jul-2011
Taskforce to focus on Derby job losses

6-Jul-2011
Shapps earmarks £20m for homeless programme

6-Jul-2011
Achieving equality in Cumbria

6-Jul-2011
DPHs 'expected' to report to council chiefs

6-Jul-2011
Public health 'update' paper expected next week

6-Jul-2011
NHS bosses predict council cuts backlash

6-Jul-2011
Shropshire sends out dismissal letters

6-Jul-2011
London to tap bond markets

5-Jul-2011
Watchdogs warn council over care failings

5-Jul-2011
Southampton port workers join strike

5-Jul-2011
Kent election fee arrangement was 'unlawful'

5-Jul-2011
Starting engagement in the (pop-up) garden

5-Jul-2011
Another 29 bids for enterprise zones

4-Jul-2011
Chief executive makes complaint

4-Jul-2011
Dilnot confirms £35,000 care-cap proposals

4-Jul-2011
Allen Review calls for private funding

4-Jul-2011
UPDATED: Suffolk confirms Hill exit

4-Jul-2011
Pickles closes LGA conference

1-Jul-2011
Miliband addresses LGA

1-Jul-2011
Agencies tackle Glasgow's alcohol problems

30-Jun-2011
Council rethinks playground fees

30-Jun-2011
Public health expertise 'already being lost'

30-Jun-2011
A new chair, a new start with ministers

30 June 2011
Boroughs eye cross-border children's ALMO

30-Jun-2011
Cockell explores multi-tiered membership system for LGA

30 June 2011
Councils promise FoI delay action

30 June 2011
Elderly care spending cut 8%

30 June 2011
Information spike for city council

30 June 2011
Our hard work was recognised by our peers

30 June 2011
The first lady of localism

30 June 2011
Timeline of a chairman

30 June 2011
Fears over public health independence 'wrong'

29-Jun-2011
Pickles pays tribute to Eaton

29-Jun-2011
Partnership morphs into LEP

29-Jun-2011
LGA seeks council control of all public bus subsidy

29-Jun-2011
Calls for extra care cash 'should be resisted'

29-Jun-2011
Unions call for wider pension talks

28-Jun-2011
Ministers reject call to split Ofsted

28-Jun-2011
LGA calls on members to demand social care action

28-Jun-2011
Local heritage pilots unveiled

28-Jun-2011
Gathering report criticises Edinburgh Council

27-Jun-2011
Survey highlights care cutbacks

27-Jun-2011
Shoesmith sacking ruling challenged

24-Jun-2011
Filling the country's empty homes

24-Jun-2011
Conservatives lose out in latest contests

24-Jun-2011
Agencies criticised over three-year-old's death

24-Jun-2011
Clubs lose 2012 stadium appeal

24-Jun-2011
Sir Merrick wins LGA chairman race

23-Jun-2011
MPs call for radical changes to PM's youth plans

23-Jun-2011
Barnet outsource push continues

23-Jun-2011
Birmingham social care delays to cost millions

23-Jun-2011
Milton Keynes is 'best council' for school construction

23-Jun-2011
Community Budgets: achieving against the odds

23 June 2011
News Review - 23 June 2011

23 June 2011
Our contribution was genuinely welcomed

23 June 2011
Residents help to pay for flood defences

23 June 2011
The listening is over

23 June 2011
Viewpoints

23 June 2011
Libel damages for ex-council chief

22-Jun-2011
Organisations

22-Jun-2011
Better services, better value

22-Jun-2011
June 2011

22-Jun-2011
Labour calls for further concessions on mayors

22-Jun-2011
Birmingham staff vote to strike

22-Jun-2011
MPs hear call to double public health spend

22-Jun-2011
Southampton faces another week-long strike

22-Jun-2011
Andrea Hill’s leave further extended

21-Jun-2011
DH outlines Winterbourne View inquiry

21-Jun-2011
NHS Lewisham and Section 75

21-Jun-2011
Your Healthcare, Kingston

21-Jun-2011
Cliff Mills, consultant

21-Jun-2011
Sam Hopkins, partner

21-Jun-2011
Bromley Healthcare Community Interest Company

21-Jun-2011
Tory councils call for more freedoms

21-Jun-2011
'Shadow mayor' plans scrapped

21-Jun-2011
District chief to go part-time

20-Jun-2011
Arun announces new chief

20-Jun-2011
Conwy chief executive resigns

20-Jun-2011
Unison ignores Alexander's call for calm

20-Jun-2011
Council workers altered care papers

20-Jun-2011
Tories lose ground in by-elections

17-Jun-2011
Want-away LGA councils back Cockell

17-Jun-2011
People investment key to Olympic success - Wales

16-Jun-2011
NHS changes could spell new comms burdens

16-Jun-2011
Barnet ignored own rules on procurement, internal report finds

16 June 2011
Camden sets 'living wage' benchmark for outsourcing

16 June 2011
Counties split between two candidates

16 June 2011
England and Scotland compared

16 June 2011
Family help needs 'new' funding

16 June 2011
FoI-exempted contract criticised

16 June 2011
Growing fruitful vanguard communities in Eden

16 June 2011
IT initiative award: Hillingdon LBC

16 June 2011
LGC View - senior pay

16 June 2011
News Review - 16 June 2011

16 June 2011
Pickles visits only three authorities to date

16 June 2011
Senior salaries show a downward trend

16 June 2011
Argyll & Bute halts school closure plan

15-Jun-2011
Brighton Greens pledge living wage

15-Jun-2011
Shropshire proposes 5% pay cut

15-Jun-2011
Cameron accepts NHS reform proposals

15-Jun-2011
Union launches bullying probe

14-Jun-2011
Shared service push saves libraries

14-Jun-2011
Future Forum calls for co-terminous services

14-Jun-2011
Mayors need more powers

14-Jun-2011
Health and Wellbeing Boards 'won’t get veto powers’

13-Jun-2011
Council names chair for Winterbourne investigation

13-Jun-2011
Kemp, Lister, chiefs amongst birthday honours

13-Jun-2011
Council workers in pay cuts protest march

13-Jun-2011
Southern Cross landlords 'could take back homes'

13-Jun-2011
Northgate wins Blue Badge contract

13-Jun-2011
Tory attacks Parsons over LGA chief exec row

10-Jun-2011
Tories boosted by stronghold victories

10-Jun-2011
Eight free schools to open in September

10-Jun-2011
Surrey slammed for data breach

10-Jun-2011
Payout for Baby P social worker

9-Jun-2011
Public-health ringfence argument 'is over'

9-Jun-2011
Autistic man detained unlawfully

9-Jun-2011
Barnet takes off as other plans stall

9 June 2011
Commissioning - Better in-house provision is needed

9 June 2011
Council refuses to explain delays in investigating care home abuse

9 June 2011
Delay in legal fight for schools cash

9 June 2011
Fears over clustering of crisis care firm homes

9 June 2011
Health and social care award - Hertfordshire CC

9 June 2011
Innovative care service launched

9 June 2011
New-look site for Tweety Hall

9 June 2011
News Review - 9 June 2011

9 June 2011
Parsons: 'officers hijacked chief recruitment'

9 June 2011
Report highlights shortcomings in Somerset outsourcing contract

9 June 2011
Seeing the wood for the trees

9 June 2011
Barnet panned over £1.4m contract fiasco

8-Jun-2011
MPs call for more government help on mutualisation

8-Jun-2011
Union report claims Southern Cross crisis is ‘not a one-off'

8-Jun-2011
Voters split over council merger proposals

8-Jun-2011
Labour pledges support for cross-party care talks

7-Jun-2011
Negotiating new terms and conditions

7-Jun-2011
Suffolk HR boss cleared by inquiry

7-Jun-2011
Street cleaners join strike over pay

7-Jun-2011
Ministers 'preparing for £50k care cap'

6-Jun-2011
Council leader to fight Inverclyde for Labour

6-Jun-2011
Southwest One review called for renegotiation

6-Jun-2011
Tories easily defend Harrow seat

3-Jun-2011
Parsons demands recruitment rethink

3-Jun-2011
Audit Commission issues social care warning

3-Jun-2011
North East takes scrutiny award

3-Jun-2011
New wave of PFI 'could solve schools-capital crisis'

3-Jun-2011
Unite attacks Birmingham outsource plan

2-Jun-2011
Hammond appointed equalities chief

2-Jun-2011
Hartlepool pay row chief departs

2-Jun-2011
‘Quick and messy' data mantra backfires

2 June 2011
Breaking boundaries to improve lives

2 June 2011
Bylaw powers go ahead with caveat

2 June 2011
David Parsons: the key answers

2 June 2011
Debate over care ruling

2 June 2011
Dedicated posts under threat

2 June 2011
Follow the money

2 June 2011
Innovation award: Staffordshire CC

2 June 2011
Labour cooperative network looks to shape mutualisation agenda

2 June 2011
LGA Conservative group leader candidate: Gary porter

2 June 2011
LGA Conservative group leader candidate: Rob Light

2 June 2011
LGA leadership: two in the frame

2 June 2011
Local authorities gearing up for bond issue

2 June 2011
Merrick Cockell: the key answers

2 June 2011
Peer review helped club meet its goals

2 June 2011
Ransford warns end of LGA impartiality may be needed

2 June 2011
Second best simply won't do

2 June 2011
The future of the NGDP - comments

2 June 2011
Cornwall slams Telegraph over currency errors

1-Jun-2011
Parsons makes pitch to districts

1-Jun-2011
Southampton strike extended

1-Jun-2011
Hull and Humber LEP set for green light

1-Jun-2011
Leader urges attendance law change

1-Jun-2011
A ton of reasons to celebrate a town centre

31-May-2011
Ringing up the mobile bills

31-May-2011
Analysts issue learning-disabilities warning

31-May-2011
Tributes as county’s executive director dies

31-May-2011
Councils' 'wild spending' criticised

31-May-2011
South Tyneside defends Twitter action

31-May-2011
Nottingham leads reputation awards

27-May-2011
New Suffolk leader promises to listen

27-May-2011
Shoesmith verdict challenge planned

27-May-2011
Iris Robinson cleared by council

27-May-2011
Lord Hanningfield guilty of expenses fraud

26-May-2011
Brighton Greens back radical reform plans

26-May-2011
Standards board member accused over FoI releases

25-May-2011
Districts end shared chief role

25-May-2011
Ministers hint at mayoral retreat

25-May-2011
Six-figure sum for council director

24-May-2011
Judge to rule in autistic son case

24-May-2011
Edinburgh festivals 'worth £261m'

24-May-2011
Keep playgrounds free, Gove tells councils

24-May-2011
Bespoke fund for councils launches

24-May-2011
Databases opened to aid vote registers

23-May-2011
Last director general named

23-May-2011
Pothole repair cost hits £5bn - Labour

23-May-2011
Week-long strike over pay row

23-May-2011
Cockell confirms candidacy

23-May-2011
Dealing with data thieves

20-May-2011
Twenty senior Tories back Parsons campaign bid

20-May-2011
Local future proposed for rail franchises

20-May-2011
... but LGA leaders pan campaign tactics

20-May-2011
Birmingham loses care judicial review

20-May-2011
Former leader's trial moved

19-May-2011
UPDATED: LEPs - all in one place

19-May-2011
Hanningfield jury told expenses rules were 'ambiguous'

19-May-2011
Awards: Barking and Dagenham - children's services

19 May 2011
Call to publish pension estimates

19 May 2011
Channel shift case studies

19 May 2011
'Citizen-mined’ data delivers efficiency and savings

19 May 2011
Councils warned over IT systems variety

19 May 2011
Details emerge of plans to allow councils to retain business rates

19 May 2011
Finance group to explore whether councils can use derivatives

19 May 2011
Leap forward for children’s services role

19 May 2011
Network the nation

19 May 2011
No commitment on city champions

19 May 2011
Parsons launches chairmanship campaign

19 May 2011
Shakespeare deposed at Buckinghamshire

18-May-2011
Regenerating rural Rutland

18-May-2011
Eight areas to trial business-led planning

17-May-2011
Elected mayor proposes to scrap chief executive job

17-May-2011
Six more councils join legal fight with Pickles

17-May-2011
Council's £10m schools broadband deal

16-May-2011
Lord Hanningfield trial starts

16-May-2011
Brighton Greens to 're-examine' reform plans

16-May-2011
Parsons calls for 'middle England common sense' in LGA chair bid

16-May-2011
Ombudsman calls for £25,000 payout from council

13-May-2011
Wandsworth defends pay-to-play park scheme

13-May-2011
Buses test case to challenge subsidy cuts

13-May-2011
Fresh push on mayoral changes

13-May-2011
Strike threat intensifies in Southampton

12-May-2011
DIARY Attack of the little tomatoes

12 May 2011
Academies battle loses key players

12 May 2011
Are you brave enough?

12 May 2011
Awards: Croydon - efficiency

12 May 2011
Borrowing sparks regulation query

12 May 2011
Efficiencies through collaboration

12 May 2011
Executive mayors 'could lack legitimacy'

12 May 2011
Getting the right deal for our communities

12 May 2011
Lib Dems pay the price for coalition

12 May 2011
Munro review: keep dedicated role

12 May 2011
Newham drops DCLG legal action

12 May 2011
NHS 'pause' prompts public health fears

12 May 2011
Party politics cannot be avoided

12 May 2011
Tory review comes out in support of chiefs

12 May 2011
Surrey wins doorstep energy selling case

11-May-2011
Lincolnshire staff to work to rule

11-May-2011
Law Commission delivers social care review

11-May-2011
DCLG publishes new improvement notices

11-May-2011
Council loses discrimination appeal

10-May-2011
New elected mayors start work after polls

9-May-2011
London ‘parish council’ plans gather pace

9-May-2011
Birmingham to remove controversial cameras

9-May-2011
Andrea Hill's exile follows 'complaints'

9-May-2011
Damning Anglesey assessment published

9-May-2011
Pay cut leads to strike action

9-May-2011
Police probe poll official mugging

6-May-2011
The case for standardisation

6-May-2011
Kemp calls for rethink of council cuts

6-May-2011
Council to ban under-age drinkers until 19

6-May-2011
UPDATED: Andrea Hill's leave 'linked to morale'

6-May-2011
Suffolk chief Hill on 'extended leave'

5-May-2011
Tri-borough partners 'review' education merger

5-May-2011
Expert queries UK's fitness to mutualise

5-May-2011
An ageing population calls for timely interventions

5 May 2011
Authorities' bid to gain access to derivatives

5 May 2011
Care ruling wait for Birmingham

5 May 2011
Councils face questions over Freedom of Information barriers

5 May 2011
Economic development award - Norfolk CC

5 May 2011
Minister asked to intervene in Lewisham library closures

5 May 2011
Ofsted annual ratings 'irrelevant'

5 May 2011
Casino firms challenge Newham

4-May-2011
Tory councils sign up to legal challenge against Pickles

4-May-2011
Cornwall washes its hands of sea-link project

4-May-2011
County seeks finance for would-be rural bus drivers

4-May-2011
Councils JR bid against Pickles goes live

3-May-2011
London street trading bill approved by Lords

3-May-2011
Northumberland flying by wire

May 2011 - online articles
Schools feel loss of central support funding

30-Apr-2011
Hertfordshire accused of holding staff to ransom over sick pay

29-Apr-2011
Lib Dem postal votes thrown away

29-Apr-2011
Birmingham bin collectors may strike again

28-Apr-2011
Ofsted details new annual assessment rules

28-Apr-2011
MP names Doncaster MBC 'jail bid' woman

27-Apr-2011
MPs call for beefed-up health and wellbeing boards

27-Apr-2011
Chief warns of threats to health integration

26-Apr-2011
Why reforms must not penalise NHS and council relationships

26-Apr-2011
Sandwell to lead education challenge

26-Apr-2011
Birmingham loses care cuts judicial review

21-Apr-2011
A 'nudge' in the right direction

21 April 2011
Bucking the trend by smart selling

21 April 2011
Councils need the BBC's local radio stations

21 April 2011
Election fate of Lib Dems shouldn't detract from main event

21 April 2011
It's a question of balance

21 April 2011
Newham issues DCLG legal threat

21 April 2011
Norfolk drops out of care pilot

21 April 2011
Oxford to share savings with staff

21 April 2011
Whitehall queries library closures

21 April 2011
Who needs mutuals?

21 April 2011
Lack of data breach fines revealed

20-Apr-2011
Unions face cut in facilities time

20-Apr-2011
The ‘grow your own’ revolution - food, communities and councils

19-Apr-2011
Audit Commission caveat over youth service cutbacks

19-Apr-2011
Birmingham agrees severance package for director

19-Apr-2011
Wandsworth’s Lister to replace Milton

18-Apr-2011
Adult social services face cuts of up to £300m

18-Apr-2011
Suffolk begins staff welfare inquiry

18-Apr-2011
Bradley steps down over election fraud probe

18-Apr-2011
Newham appoints resources director

15-Apr-2011
Where next for local government and the NHS?

14-Apr-2011
Awards: most improved council - North East Derbyshire DC

14 April 2011
Children's service bid extended

14 April 2011
Fears over centralised school design and procurement functions

14 April 2011
Minister: earmarked reserves are 'wish lists'

14 April 2011
Report looks to 3.5% increase in Westminster council tax

14 April 2011
Sector unites with tributes to Sir Simon Milton

14 April 2011
The shortlist: Most improved council

14 April 2011
Travellers face holiday crackdown

13-Apr-2011
Southampton staff ignore new contracts

13-Apr-2011
Herts staff to vote on contract changes

13-Apr-2011
Burstow unveils six new social work practice pilots

13-Apr-2011
Council cash woes sparking legal disputes with PCTs

13-Apr-2011
Pull out of government, former Liverpool leader urges Clegg

12-Apr-2011
Johnson leads tributes to Sir Simon Milton

12-Apr-2011
Councils reject weekly refuse collections

11-Apr-2011
James review calls for standardisation of new school buildings

8-Apr-2011
Dorrell: NHS commissioning needs council-level transparency

8-Apr-2011
Council hails book sharing scheme

8-Apr-2011
Ministers celebrate as academies pass 600 milestone

8-Apr-2011
Audit probe says sharers should declare interests

8-Apr-2011
Using a city's hidden greenery

8-Apr-2011
Eric Pickles, Nottingham and the £500 'emperor's new clothes'

7-Apr-2011
A model way to help LEP priorities

7 April 2011
Authorities forced into biggest reserves raid for a decade

7 April 2011
Case study: Blackburn with Darwen BC

7 April 2011
Child protection guidance set to be reviewed

7 April 2011
Community gets in the picture at Hebden Bridge

7 April 2011
Council defiant over data refusal

7 April 2011
Council of the Year Winner: Blackburn with Darwen BC

7 April 2011
Dorset apprenticeship scheme suspended

7 April 2011
Involving residents in delivery of services

7 April 2011
Leicester chief 'on sick leave'

7 April 2011
NHS pause offers window of opportunity to councils

7 April 2011
Partnerships play a developing role

7 April 2011
Take a leaf out of our book

7 April 2011
The Shortlist: Council of the Year

7 April 2011
We want our staff to work inside out

7 April 2011
Working together to improve procurement

7 April 2011
Manchester urged to pay man damages

6-Apr-2011
Bailiffs called in two million times

6-Apr-2011
Free sheet pulled following advertising deal

6-Apr-2011
Anglesey director to take helm

6-Apr-2011
Council fined for poisoning death

5-Apr-2011
Directors demand better statutory footing for boards

5-Apr-2011
Council legal bid in schools row

4-Apr-2011
Councils need the BBC's local radio stations

1-Apr-2011
Wirral appoints chief executive

31-Mar-2011
Council-union deal safeguards jobs

31-Mar-2011
Councils could face beefed-up safeguarding laws

31-Mar-2011
Morrison leaves Blaenau Gwent

31-Mar-2011
Birmingham's transformation - Setting a gold standard for improvement

31 March 2011
Fears GP consortia could 'disregard' wellbeing boards

31 March 2011
Turning around young people

31 March 2011
Pickles threatens Nottingham over £500 disclosure

30-Mar-2011
Advocacy groups need help for HealthWatch role

30-Mar-2011
Connexions staff to strike over cuts

30-Mar-2011
Case study: the Suffolk Observatory

29-Mar-2011
CQC praises council care services

29-Mar-2011
Hounslow considers week-long closure

29-Mar-2011
Anglesey boss to stand down

28-Mar-2011
Bucks trio step closer to joint management

28-Mar-2011
Oxfordshire turns speed cameras back on

28-Mar-2011
Council leader taken ill

28-Mar-2011
Labour first in field of eight

25-Mar-2011
Savings push boosts PFI projects

25-Mar-2011
Huhne criticised over council cuts stance

25-Mar-2011
Warrington judgement completes final children's services tally

25-Mar-2011
Councils sought to pilot heritage scheme

25-Mar-2011
Westminster drops soup run ban, MPs told

25-Mar-2011
Affordability is a key scheme driver

24 March 2011
Anglesey faces threat of enforced merger

24 March 2011
Blackburn is LGC's Council of the Year

24 March 2011
Finance teams struggle to comply with change to accounting standards

24 March 2011
Pilots denied control of purse strings

24 March 2011
Recycling at a tipping point

24 March 2011
Islington names Foster replacement

22-Mar-2011
London five set to share

22-Mar-2011
Commissioners start work on troubled island

22-Mar-2011
Marathon probe clears cabinet member

22-Mar-2011
Protests against council's homeless sanctions

21-Mar-2011
Top-performing schools face fees for inspection

21-Mar-2011
Can austerity catalyse real transformation?

18-Mar-2011
Top jobs go in Manchester cuts

18-Mar-2011
Two jailed over Christmas fraud

18-Mar-2011
Win for Lib Dems in by-election

18-Mar-2011
Admissions data maps school place pressures

18-Mar-2011
New council homes for former soldiers

18-Mar-2011
LGA defends senior salaries

17-Mar-2011
All of a twitter in Walsall

17 March 2011
Asking questions about inequalities in local health

17 March 2011
Birmingham to limit adult care

17 March 2011
Call for pooled funding to align healthcare services

17 March 2011
Chippenham's vision is at the vanguard

17 March 2011
Employers reject Hutton proposal for performance-related contracts

17 March 2011
Frontline and top tier the next frontier

17 March 2011
LGA refuses ministers' requests to back PCSOs' funding

17 March 2011
Payment by results ‘raises inequality risk’

17 March 2011
Scotland and Wales

17 March 2011
Truth is the first casualty in the war against the sector

17 March 2011
Working together to get the best result

17 March 2011
Auditors advise Anglesey take-over

16-Mar-2011
Cleared council chief re-suspended

16-Mar-2011
London dominates new child-poverty shame list

16-Mar-2011
Minister removes island councillors' powers

16-Mar-2011
Adonis makes case for Birmingham mayor

15-Mar-2011
Basildon votes to evict travellers

15-Mar-2011
Old Bailey hearing for Lord Hanningfield

14-Mar-2011
Woodhead: Profit motive vital for free-school success

14-Mar-2011
Ads body blasted over logo complaint

14-Mar-2011
Duckworth to lead animal charity

14-Mar-2011
Annuities ‘a drop in the ocean’ for care debate

11-Mar-2011
Lib Dems beaten in Burnley by-election

11-Mar-2011
Rating upgrade for Haringey children's services

10-Mar-2011
Competing for design

10 March 2011
Councils raiding their reserves to make ends meet

10 March 2011
Knowsley kickstarts jobs initiative

10 March 2011
Reserves survey - what you said

10 March 2011
Specialist group considers rate re-localisation

10 March 2011
Borough mayor defies calls to scrap council paper

9-Mar-2011
Two more councils join Greater Brum LEP

9-Mar-2011
Families win asbestos appeal against council

9-Mar-2011
Directors fear school cost hikes and fragmentation

9-Mar-2011
Suffolk denies banning journalist

8-Mar-2011
Smith standing down as chief

8-Mar-2011
Shared services for two north-east councils

8-Mar-2011
Southampton to impose pay cut

8-Mar-2011
Rubbing along and not brassing each other off

8-Mar-2011
Clark seeks to lift council legal 'burdens'

8-Mar-2011
Derbyshire districts appoint joint chief

7-Mar-2011
Harbord to stay on

7-Mar-2011
Trio delay sharing talks

7-Mar-2011
Daventry appoints managing director

4-Mar-2011
Campaigners welcome council support ruling

4-Mar-2011
Edinburgh facing £500m grant pay-back clause

4-Mar-2011
Mind how you go, partner

4-Mar-2011
Pension changes could disadvantage in-house provision

3-Mar-2011
Ministers target Camden over People's Supermarket case

3-Mar-2011
Beat the counterfeiters to save jobs

3 March 2011
Big Society in a recession: misfortune or perfect timing?

3 March 2011
Calderdale's heritage lets us look foward

3 March 2011
Care home residents who run out of cash cost £1bn

3 March 2011
Complaints over press reports on pay

3 March 2011
District buys in finance post

3 March 2011
Hartlepool chief to take unpaid leave

3 March 2011
Heritage assets: Sowerby Bridge

3 March 2011
Making efficiencies through personalisation

3 March 2011
Ministers focus on libraries

3 March 2011
Rise in capital receipts ‘does not signal end to asset slump’

3 March 2011
Second legal challenge on libraries made

2-Mar-2011
Liverpool consensus on cuts collapses

2-Mar-2011
New code to govern CCTV cameras

2-Mar-2011
Cost-saving union between districts

2-Mar-2011
Councillors face licencing advice probe

2-Mar-2011
Quirk poised to go part-time

2-Mar-2011
Barnet stands firm over filming ban

1-Mar-2011
'Modest' improvement in council websites

1-Mar-2011
CQC to set up voluntary 'excellence' awards scheme

1-Mar-2011
Southampton unions say no to pay cut

25-Feb-2011
Councils back pro-HS2 group

25-Feb-2011
Welsh face 2.9% rates hike

25-Feb-2011
Government sets up 'free schools starter-kit' site

25-Feb-2011
Rochdale chief to stand down

24-Feb-2011
Better data sharing 'could boost social-care prevention'

24-Feb-2011
Let in the bloggers, says Neill

24-Feb-2011
Councils really will be pivotal to public health

24-Feb-2011
Ad deal leads to paper launch

24 February 2011
Auditors head for troubled Anglesey

24 February 2011
Big Society chiefs speak

24 February 2011
Care home beds at risk from cuts

24 February 2011
NHS joint working warning

24 February 2011
Waste firm gains choice of planning permissions

23-Feb-2011
Legal challenge to 'vague notions' of Big Society libraries

23-Feb-2011
Essex axes much-vaunted local bank

22-Feb-2011
Errant island councillors 'wreaking havoc'

22-Feb-2011
Charges laid in Cotswold park probe

22-Feb-2011
Manchester staff back industrial action

22-Feb-2011
Ministers berated for encouraging 'fat cat' attacks

22-Feb-2011
Council in trouble over seven inches of land

22-Feb-2011
Not getting in a state over the state

21-Feb-2011
Conservative council offers rise to low-paid

21-Feb-2011
Smith to lead sharing districts

21-Feb-2011
Urban areas scoop homes bonus

21-Feb-2011
Ministers warned PCT clustering 'will damage innovators'

21-Feb-2011
Survey finds peril for bus subsidies

21-Feb-2011
Lib Dems gain seat, Tories hold council

18-Feb-2011
Surprise checks to become the norm at children's homes

18-Feb-2011
Liverpool parties unite over cuts

18-Feb-2011
Olympic deal for Tower Hamlets

17-Feb-2011
Union brands £10k pay rise 'indefensible'

17-Feb-2011
A positive outcome after four years in court

17-Feb-2011
Minority of councils pledge to protect Sure Start

17-Feb-2011
Croydon deal over asylum-seeker funds

17 February 2011
DCLG demands limit on publications and cracks down on posters

17 February 2011
Early intervention projects 'should explore using PFI'

17 February 2011
Early years commitment at odds with workforce trends

17 February 2011
Gove unrepentant over BSF ruling

17 February 2011
Green councillors - leading the way locally

17 February 2011
Harrow wins four-year legal fight over LAML

17 February 2011
Preserving heritage for a community future

17 February 2011
Manchester cuts row at prime minister's questions

16-Feb-2011
Somerset staff reject council 'offer'

16-Feb-2011
Half of children in care 'don't trust courts'

16-Feb-2011
MP says council hit by Ghurka arrivals

15-Feb-2011
Councils urged to merge customer contact teams

15-Feb-2011
MPs told councils 'appreciate' public health ring-fence

15-Feb-2011
Planning for a local future

15-Feb-2011
Kent's adult social services boss to quit

15-Feb-2011
CCA elects Gordon as chair

15-Feb-2011
Hertfordshire abandons union talks

14-Feb-2011
New figures on council chiefs' salaries revealed

14-Feb-2011
Birmingham budget calls for 2,450 job cuts

14-Feb-2011
Gove warns BSF ruling may save no school projects

14-Feb-2011
Turning around young drug users

11-Feb-2011
West Ham win Olympic Stadium battle

11-Feb-2011
Eden DC appoints interim chief

11-Feb-2011
'South & Vale' to freeze pay

11-Feb-2011
Councils win BSF High Court challenge

11-Feb-2011
Labour deals by-election blow to Tories

11-Feb-2011
GMB criticises royal wedding bank holiday ruling

11-Feb-2011
Two more LEPs get green light

10-Feb-2011
Aiming for self-sufficiency

10 February 2011
Commission explores cities’ funding

10 February 2011
Compass points the way in Lincolnshire

10 February 2011
Delivering the right repair at the right time

10 February 2011
DH revises guidance on joint health and social care arrangements

10 February 2011
LGC view - on self-funding

10 February 2011
Playing fair by business rates

10 February 2011
Sector takes a positive view of data code of practice

10 February 2011
Temporary PCT clusters ‘may be here to stay’

10 February 2011
Working together to ease unemployment

10 February 2011
Harrow wins landmark case

9-Feb-2011
Myers to take over from Alltimes at Hammersmith

9-Feb-2011
Best and brightest councillors honoured

8-Feb-2011
Bristol abandons deputy recruitment

8-Feb-2011
Burstow launches drive to find 'hidden' carers

8-Feb-2011
Crematorium energy plan approved

8-Feb-2011
Essex districts to decide on sharing

8-Feb-2011
Local leadership for sustainable communities

7-Feb-2011
North Ayrshire looking at four-day school week

7-Feb-2011
Highways outsourcing ends in Cumbria

4-Feb-2011
Hammond backs transport schemes after savings found

4-Feb-2011
Labour celebrates bottom-to-top by-election win

4-Feb-2011
Southampton prepared to force pay cut

4-Feb-2011
Community relations warning over EDL Luton demo

4-Feb-2011
Waking up to the problem of rough-sleeping by migrant workers

4-Feb-2011
Edinburgh tram scheme 'risks not being finished'

3-Feb-2011
Derbyshire districts consider sharing

3-Feb-2011
Councils' street advert contracts under scrutiny

3-Feb-2011
Labour resurgent: May elections set for change

3 February 2011
Lancashire threatens to go it alone if LEP bid fails

3 February 2011
Leadership is the key

3 February 2011
Let's harness the power of the press

3 February 2011
LGA fears PCT 'clusters' will hinder move to integrated services

3 February 2011
Making a flaming success out of a fire

3 February 2011
Posts combined as second-tier roles go

3 February 2011
Privacy concerns hinder publication of data

3 February 2011
Separating schools and social care

3 February 2011
Telford & Wrekin put DCS at the top

3 February 2011
Top table for wellbeing post

3 February 2011
We cannot afford to stand still

3 February 2011
City trio launch finance review

2-Feb-2011
Munro reforms 'can't solve cuts crisis'

2-Feb-2011
Suffolk to 'passport' cuts

2-Feb-2011
Council face glut of legal actions

1-Feb-2011
Ombudsman raps Camden for safeguarding tragedy

1-Feb-2011
Child protection review criticises box ticking

1-Feb-2011
Mid Suffolk and Babergh advertise for chief

31-Jan-2011
Council charity plan to tackle cuts

31-Jan-2011
Cash pressures ‘will hamper health scrutiny'

31-Jan-2011
Ministers face legal challenge over settlement

28-Jan-2011
Lincolnshire defends tourism move

28-Jan-2011
Lambeth unveils 'co-operative' vision

28-Jan-2011
Suffolk plans £7.7m front-line cuts

28-Jan-2011
Lib Dems defend Winchester seat

28-Jan-2011
Byron Davies remains suspended

28-Jan-2011
Hundreds of children's centres set to close

28-Jan-2011
Lincolnshire tourism body goes into administration

27-Jan-2011
Watchdog MPs warn of academy risks

27-Jan-2011
Being prepared for the worst

27 January 2011
Councils' response to health reform 'patchy'

27 January 2011
Investment fund launch delayed until May

27 January 2011
Leader to be reported to ombudsman for ‘misleading councillors’

27 January 2011
New chiefs face salary reduction

27 January 2011
Somerset trio drop merger idea

27 January 2011
Unions and employers face stalemate on pay

27 January 2011
Byron Davies cleared of rape charge

26-Jan-2011
Wirral to discuss shared chief

26-Jan-2011
West Lancashire cutting senior managers to two

26-Jan-2011
BSF scrapping unlawful, councils tell High Court

26-Jan-2011
Cornwall staff back pay freeze

26-Jan-2011
Call to review adult services processes

26-Jan-2011
Council chief raped married woman, court told

25-Jan-2011
Pickles issues data deadline warning

25-Jan-2011
Resignations hit Redbridge Housing ALMO

25-Jan-2011
Watchdog refuses to referee ‘fiddled figures’ row

24-Jan-2011
Council defends Madrid bin collection trip

24-Jan-2011
Olympic stadium decision delayed

24-Jan-2011
Somerset bill for Jones departure revealed

24-Jan-2011
Ofsted brands county's safeguarding 'inadequate'

24-Jan-2011
High Court to hear BSF challenge

24-Jan-2011
Manchester staff to vote on strike action

21-Jan-2011
Lib Dems gain seat amid votes collapse

21-Jan-2011
Ministers' cuts claims dealt blow

21-Jan-2011
Courting community assets

21-Jan-2011
Early intervention in Durham is cutting youth crime

21-Jan-2011
15 adult service pilots likely

20 January 2011
A much simpler and fairer alternative

20 January 2011
A real commercial concern

20 January 2011
Burstow argues for accountability

20 January 2011
Case studies: Wokingham BC and Middlesbrough MBC

20 January 2011
Chelmsford wins international acclaim

20 January 2011
Damping leads to 'perverse outcomes'

20 January 2011
Departments drag their heels over allocating community budget funds

20 January 2011
District holds crisis talks with minister

20 January 2011
LGA lobbies for academy funding

20 January 2011
Bill prompts new public health fears

19-Jan-2011
Ritchie backs call for ‘young offender academies'

19-Jan-2011
Another 2,400 council jobs axed

19-Jan-2011
Pickles courts controversy over spending data

18-Jan-2011
Relationships file plan rejected

18-Jan-2011
Reports warn of 'self-funder' challenges

18-Jan-2011
Shapps maintains 'no service cuts' rhetoric

18-Jan-2011
Union says no to pay cut

17-Jan-2011
Stifling competence powers at birth

17-Jan-2011
Clare Short could join Birmingham mayoral fray

17-Jan-2011
Oldham count rules incite media ire

17-Jan-2011
Gove confirms new schools commissioner

14-Jan-2011
Barking boss to be paid £150k

14-Jan-2011
Lib Dem leaders round on ‘incompetent’ Pickles

14-Jan-2011
Best recycling councils highlighted

13-Jan-2011
2,000 council jobs under threat

13-Jan-2011
Birmingham suspends children's services boss

13-Jan-2011
Central Bed’s benefits service slammed

13-Jan-2011
'Closed door' claim over council's trading plans

13 January 2011
Commercial boost for county's businesses

13 January 2011
Community safety partnerships are still awaiting their funding fate

13 January 2011
Earning power: Trading out of trouble

13 January 2011
Elstree Studios

13 January 2011
Embrace new opportunities to trade

13 January 2011
Fares hit by settlement

13 January 2011
FoI scope to extend to LGA

13 January 2011
Good governance has to be a priority

13 January 2011
Liverpool opens London 'embassy'

13 January 2011
MOT test centres

13 January 2011
New mayors will be forced to take on chief powers

13 January 2011
Norse Group

13 January 2011
Wolsey Place

13 January 2011
Staff intimacy 'gross misconduct'

12-Jan-2011
London borough to slash chief's pay

12-Jan-2011
CQC flags up concerns over stroke care

12-Jan-2011
Cuts: A rolling blog

11-Jan-2011
Council looks to services revamp

11-Jan-2011
Report details Birmingham bed-blocking issues

11-Jan-2011
Banks could get public sector roles

10-Jan-2011
Council pleads guilty over Down's sufferer death

7-Jan-2011
Lib Dems suffer by-election slump

7-Jan-2011
Chief executive calls Pickles ‘a clown’

7-Jan-2011
Stopping history getting in the way

7-Jan-2011
Kent plots £14m reserves raid to balance books

7-Jan-2011
Industrial relations increasingly strained

6-Jan-2011
Borough will cut child protection

6-Jan-2011
Asking people for time, not their money

6 January 2011
A region with a huge role to play

6 January 2011
Building on successful past experience

6 January 2011
Councils need to think like Google

6 January 2011
Funding cuts could trigger city housing crisis

6 January 2011
Gathering information we can all share

6 January 2011
Good data underpins everything we do

6 January 2011
It's not tierful

6 January 2011
Looking ahead into new territory

6 January 2011
Sector unconvinced red tape has been cut

6 January 2011
Understated Business Rates - hope for £1bn relief?

6 January 2011
We need new skills for a new future

6 January 2011
Boston shares statutory post

5-Jan-2011
Lansley pledges extra social care cash

4-Jan-2011
Leicester opts for elected mayor

4-Jan-2011
Councils told to show refuse 'initiative'

4-Jan-2011
Revised 'Enterprise M3' LEP bid submitted

4-Jan-2011
Female chiefs top honours list

4-Jan-2011
Council chief, 51, dies

24-Dec-2010
'Near-miss' councils revealed

23-Dec-2010
Settlement is flawed and unfair

23-Dec-2010
Westminster mulls £1m Supporting People cut

22-Dec-2010
Chief-less council gets thumbs up

22-Dec-2010
Scottish councils agree budget conditions

22-Dec-2010
Councils prepare for fight over high-speed rail link

21-Dec-2010
Ministers got sums wrong, council claims

21-Dec-2010
Colchester & Braintree in sharing talks

21-Dec-2010
Swansea sets out pay-cut plans

21-Dec-2010
Cornish staff to decide on contract changes

20-Dec-2010
County council criticised over BT venture

20-Dec-2010
Chief chosen for West Sussex

16-Dec-2010
Welsh chief to stand down

16-Dec-2010
Chief executive chosen in Bury

16-Dec-2010
Councils ‘shamed’ over accounts

16 December 2010
District considers sharing

16 December 2010
Joanna Killian on sharing in Essex and Brentwood

16 December 2010
Roots recommends solo option

16 December 2010
Sector not impressed by ‘spin’ on double-digit cuts

16 December 2010
The case against the new CRC agenda

16 December 2010
Tory leader rebuked for fruit picking comment

16 December 2010
Four charged over council scam

15-Dec-2010
West Somerset on financial brink

15-Dec-2010
Birmingham bin men to strike

15-Dec-2010
Pickles unveils settlement

14-Dec-2010
Redbridge housing chief suspended

13-Dec-2010
Liverpool cuts annual wages bill by £4.5m

13-Dec-2010
We are blazing a trail for disabled people

13-Dec-2010
Mixed fortunes for Lib Dems in byelections

10-Dec-2010
Shared chief given go-ahead

10-Dec-2010
Shakespeare: Northerners could replace migrants

10-Dec-2010
The Camlington break-up

9-Dec-2010
Energy efficiency 'slow' in Scotland

9-Dec-2010
An overwhelming problem

9 December 2010
London shared deal falls through

9 December 2010
Manchester set out first four services for fast-track merger

9 December 2010
Salary for Sutton chief £11k lower

9 December 2010
Southwest One savings fall far short

9 December 2010
Teeing off for a new era of prosperity

9 December 2010
Union challenges council's commissioning plan

9 December 2010
Suffolk mulls job cuts before massive outsourcing

8-Dec-2010
Lincoln counts cost of snow-hit market

8-Dec-2010
Justice green paper moots new council responsiblities

8-Dec-2010
'Infuriating' delays hit Cambridgeshire's £116m busway

7-Dec-2010
Cardiff to cut management posts

7-Dec-2010
Children's commissioner role 'should be beefed up'

6-Dec-2010
Snapping to it in the cold snap

6-Dec-2010
Councils win right to BSF judicial reviews

3-Dec-2010
Camden and Islington ditch joint chiefs

3-Dec-2010
A day in the life of Nicola Bulbeck

2 December 2010
Bill to allow three to leave HRA early

2 December 2010
Capping by carrot rather than stick

2 December 2010
Council considers cutting staff to 14

2 December 2010
Getting the grounds right for sharing

2 December 2010
Staff asked to propose mutuals to save money

2 December 2010
The step-by-step strategy to sharing

2 December 2010
Stoke faces two-pronged legal challenge

1-Dec-2010
Pupil premium 'could disadvantage poorest pupils'

1-Dec-2010
Riot police deployed to town hall

30-Nov-2010
Suffolk outsource plan 'would destabilise economy'

30-Nov-2010
Social workers offered redundancy

30-Nov-2010
Sussex neighbours set to share

30-Nov-2010
Turmoil as fourth cabinet member leaves Cheshire East

29-Nov-2010
Tories bounce back in by-elections

26-Nov-2010
Sutton's new chief named

26-Nov-2010
MP calls for trio to find path out of HRA

26-Nov-2010
Unitary councils block attacked as 'political spite'

26-Nov-2010
Rochdale accused of infighting after resignations

25-Nov-2010
Care ratings show continued improvement

25-Nov-2010
A shared vision for Islington’s schools

25 November 2010
Auditors’ leeway on public interest reports in jeopardy

25 November 2010
Case study: Hounslow LBC

25 November 2010
'Engage to save' event launched

25 November 2010
Six in running for Council of the Year

25 November 2010
Social media is a tool for tough times

25 November 2010
Ten councils judged ‘performing poorly’

25 November 2010
What is Local by Social?

25 November 2010
Shapps tells councils: 'You've been set free'

24-Nov-2010
EU rules could hit council mutual plans

24-Nov-2010
Glasgow reveals education budget cuts

24-Nov-2010
Council fined over privacy data breaches

24-Nov-2010
Welsh council funding plans unveiled

23-Nov-2010
Suffolk ‘outsource’ debate re-ignites after report leak

23-Nov-2010
Council criticised for data loss

23-Nov-2010
Leaders demand pay cut for Ransford

23-Nov-2010
Derry chief gets Aberdeen job

22-Nov-2010
Working together makes counties stronger

22-Nov-2010
New rap for Kent children's services

19-Nov-2010
Prominent councillors among 53 new peers

19-Nov-2010
Newham's acting chief made permanent

19-Nov-2010
Labour gains in council by-elections

19-Nov-2010
Lancashire appoints new chief executive

18-Nov-2010
Departing Lucas promises to stay involved with the sector

18 November 2010
Group calls to end SEN tribunals

18 November 2010
Interference concern over community-based budgets

18 November 2010
Manchester votes for new contracts

18 November 2010
This is only the beginning

18 November 2010
Strike vote over Kirklees job cuts

17-Nov-2010
Leeds Arena over final hurdle

17-Nov-2010
Leader confident over no-confidence vote

17-Nov-2010
Nuneaton to do without chief executive

17-Nov-2010
No end to Lancashire LEP stand off

15-Nov-2010
Tories lose Moray by-election

12-Nov-2010
County to sell off libraries and youth centres

12-Nov-2010
GMB tots up 30,000 job losses

12-Nov-2010
Bournemouth signs outsourcing deal

12-Nov-2010
Worcestershire gets 'inadequate' rating for safeguarding

12-Nov-2010
Tory councillor arrested over stoning post

11-Nov-2010
Case review may not be published

11 November 2010
How we’ve made it all right on the night

11 November 2010
It’s time to make those connections

11 November 2010
LGA hopes subscription cut will stem membership fall

11 November 2010
Local pilots explore potential of cross-sector collaboration

11 November 2010
We are looking at a long-term view

11 November 2010
South-west councils join forces to help young offenders

10-Nov-2010
Acas called into Rhondda row

10-Nov-2010
Police confirm probe into ex-council leader

10-Nov-2010
Rights watchdog launches home-care probe

10-Nov-2010
Axe attacker of 'wrong council' is jailed

9-Nov-2010
Council leader quits over claims

9-Nov-2010
CQC salutes care services improvement

9-Nov-2010
Shoesmith sacking legal battle costs £500,000

9-Nov-2010
Midlands shared services partnership announced

8-Nov-2010
Ian Lowrie announces retirement

8-Nov-2010
Verdict paves way for social care cuts

5-Nov-2010
Teesside council's care services criticised

5-Nov-2010
Ex-East Lothian chief fined by CIPFA

4-Nov-2010
Big Society in action through participatory budgeting

4 November 2010
Cumbria well placed for an ageing future

4 November 2010
Ground-breaking experiment sought residents’ views

4 November 2010
LGID to help joint working project

4 November 2010
Manchester prepares for ever-greater integration

4 November 2010
MP referred to standards body

4 November 2010
Thirty councils could be at risk from change

4 November 2010
Chief execs urge caution over ‘super council’ savings

3-Nov-2010
Switched-off speed cameras to be turned back on

3-Nov-2010
Council plans reward points scheme

1-Nov-2010
Liverpool chief chosen

1-Nov-2010
Manchester staff to back flexibility clause

November 2010 - online articles
Rhondda accused of threatening staff

29-Oct-2010
Partnership plan abandoned

29-Oct-2010
Newcastle-under-Lyme appoints chief

28-Oct-2010
Ofsted details councils' SCR failings

28-Oct-2010
CSR reaction: Kersten England

28 October 2010
CSR reaction: Sir Howard Bernstein

28 October 2010
Get on board and become a trustee

28 October 2010
Merger prompts chief to give up primary care trust top job

28 October 2010
Red flag for Torbay children's services

28 October 2010
Suppliers asked to cut their costs

28 October 2010
Support fund 'not enough'

28 October 2010
We're transforming services in Suffolk

28 October 2010
Mid Sussex deputy made chief

27-Oct-2010
Westminster details 'community budget prototype' savings

27-Oct-2010
Gov't publishes Baby Peter reviews

26-Oct-2010
Aberdeen identifies £127m in savings

26-Oct-2010
South-East councils call for benefits re-think

26-Oct-2010
Clegg's job cuts advice is questioned

25-Oct-2010
Leader deselected over Hitler antics

25-Oct-2010
Dorset joint chief appointed

22-Oct-2010
Dransfield gets new Birmingham role

22-Oct-2010
Kent to shed 1,500 posts

22-Oct-2010
London boroughs reveal 'super council' plans

22-Oct-2010
Dumped Labour leader wins Tower Hamlets

22-Oct-2010
Child protection rap for Cheshire West & Chester

21-Oct-2010
Lincolnshire to lose a third of managers

21-Oct-2010
Seven waste projects lose PFI credits

21-Oct-2010
How shopping centres can save towns

21 October 2010
Row over standards after porn case

21 October 2010
Somerset joint venture loses £16m

21 October 2010
What’s the secret of our success?

21 October 2010
Barking & Dagenham slashes chief's salary

20-Oct-2010
Tendring top job goes to audit body manager

20-Oct-2010
LGA call to end councils' subsidy to newspapers

19-Oct-2010
East Midlands in late 'super LEP' bid

19-Oct-2010
Place-based budget bidders revealed

19-Oct-2010
Managers sharing a sense of purpose

18-Oct-2010
Killian to take a pay cut

18-Oct-2010
Newcastle tops sustainable cities table

18-Oct-2010
Kent seeks city region powers

18-Oct-2010
Suffolk: the myth exploded

15-Oct-2010
Hull slammed by auditor

14-Oct-2010
West Sussex quizzed over chief's pay-off

14-Oct-2010
Compromise leaves London Councils facing 25% cut

14 October 2010
Council staff could fill police shortfall

14 October 2010
Essex explores creating a unitary management team

14 October 2010
Funding 'should take account of reserves'

14 October 2010
It's a collective responsibility got performance

14 October 2010
LAAs and national indicators go

13-Oct-2010
Redbridge and Hertfordshire head IT awards

13-Oct-2010
New contractor for Hertfordshire pensions

13-Oct-2010
Ryley warns chiefs over vulnerability

13-Oct-2010
Hull listens to the Big Society

13-Oct-2010
Top job announced at Hounslow

12-Oct-2010
North Yorkshire trio to share

12-Oct-2010
Councils partner unique data project

12-Oct-2010
Fears over health reform 'risks'

12-Oct-2010
Community budgets in localism bill – Wei

11-Oct-2010
Birmingham to no longer house asylum seekers

11-Oct-2010
North East councils discuss redundancies

8-Oct-2010
Tory MPs slam Kent-Essex 'super-LEP'

8-Oct-2010
Suffolk 'robust' in denying mass privatisation plans

7 October 2010
Workforce: New models for service delivery

7 October 2010
Workstream: Adult Social Care

7 October 2010
Workstream: Data and Transparency

7 October 2010
Workstream: Democratic Leadership

7 October 2010
Workstream: Procurement, Capital and Shared Assets

7 October 2010
Workstream: Shared Services

7 October 2010
Workstream: Workforce and skills

7 October 2010
Wandsworth plans £1.5m cut in staff costs

6-Oct-2010
Bristol plans 300 more job losses in draft budget

6-Oct-2010
Sandwell joins BSF legal battle

6-Oct-2010
Guide highlights early intervention successes

6-Oct-2010
Cross-county management to save £1m a year

6-Oct-2010
District set to abandon local pay

6-Oct-2010
Councils to ‘get control over Whitehall budgets’

5-Oct-2010
Howard Bernstein rejects Pickles' pay call

5-Oct-2010
Council condemns marathons switch

5-Oct-2010
Thurrock BC launches media partnership

5-Oct-2010
Lansley pledges £70m reablement funding

5-Oct-2010
Warning over welfare switch to private sector

5-Oct-2010
'Enhanced leader' gets enhanced allowance

5-Oct-2010
MP queries Birmingham NEC sell-off denials

4-Oct-2010
Policy blamed for slump in house building

4-Oct-2010
Preferred high speed rail route announced

4-Oct-2010
Councils launch legal battle over BSF

4-Oct-2010
Birmingham initiative hailed as future of 'Big Society'

4-Oct-2010
Councils owed £130,000 in overseas parking fines

4-Oct-2010
Collaboration and change

4-Oct-2010
Council plans all academy schools

1-Oct-2010
Merthyr announces chief exec

1-Oct-2010
Babergh & Mid Suffolk to merge

1-Oct-2010
Benchmarking is a fast route to mediocrity

1-Oct-2010
Cornish broadband plan to create 4,000 jobs

30-Sep-2010
Brentwood waits for extra help

30 September 2010
Pilots pave way for community-based budgets

30 September 2010
Questions to ask each other

30 September 2010
Reality has not sunk in

30 September 2010
RIEPs weigh up options as funding ends

30 September 2010
Suffolk strategy ‘unrealistic’

30 September 2010
Leaked report claims BT overcharging council

29-Sep-2010
Council accused of marginalising smokers

29-Sep-2010
Southwest One councils charged by auditors

29-Sep-2010
Chief's exit 'amicable' says council

29-Sep-2010
Councillor 'sends too many letters'

29-Sep-2010
Edinburgh TIF scheme approved

29-Sep-2010
Pickles’ call for lobbying ban ignored by councils

29-Sep-2010
CQC warns it's set to get tough

29-Sep-2010
Welsh council services face mergers

28-Sep-2010
Councils add card charge levy

28-Sep-2010
Unions warn of council job cuts

28-Sep-2010
Dorset councils share revenues and benefits

28-Sep-2010
Social workers blocked by immigration cap

28-Sep-2010
Rotherham criticised over safeguarding

28-Sep-2010
Agencies 'let down abuse victims'

27-Sep-2010
Shared legal service for Norfolk

27-Sep-2010
Disappointment over message to teachers

25-Sep-2010
Tower Hamlets confirms mayor-race runners

24-Sep-2010
Barnet easyCouncil plans 'lack in depth business case’

24-Sep-2010
Watchdog report critical of Lambeth

23-Sep-2010
Suffolk unveils outsourcing plans

23-Sep-2010
Capital Review team 'will back' prefab schools

23-Sep-2010
Fears over health grant changes

23 September 2010
Local issues around performance management

23 September 2010
New guidance for expenditure data

23 September 2010
Pay of district chiefs varies widely

23 September 2010
Policy heads not so sniffy about NIs

23 September 2010
Warning over elected police commissioners

23 September 2010
Website creates a local solution

23 September 2010
Birmingham leader denies plans to sell off NEC and airport shares

22-Sep-2010
Labour bars Tower Hamlets mayor candidate

21-Sep-2010
Man wins 15-year council home fight

21-Sep-2010
Shared chief appointed after competition

21-Sep-2010
Nuneaton chief to retire

21-Sep-2010
Shared teams agreed in bid to avoid cuts

21-Sep-2010
Demolition work starts on 'Blair' council estate

21-Sep-2010
Green light for Newcastle-under-Lyme temporary chief

17-Sep-2010
Waveney to avoid benefits bill

17-Sep-2010
Bury chief steps down to save costs

16-Sep-2010
Ofsted concern in Haringey children's report

16-Sep-2010
Council faces 'war' over letters

16-Sep-2010
Chief: ‘No way to show we’ve improved’

16 September 2010
Cost of FoI requests rises to £34m

16 September 2010
Gilroy: ‘I was held back’

16 September 2010
Kevin Douglas: engaging communities

16 September 2010
Rubbish solution cleared an area

16 September 2010
Single tier still wary of joint chiefs

16 September 2010
Suffolk goes green, greener, greenest

16 September 2010
Sunderland creates a cool village

16 September 2010
Top post delay for shared service

16 September 2010
Transparency could push up costs warning

16 September 2010
Shoesmith appears before watchdog MPs

15-Sep-2010
Councils urged to utilise community networks

15-Sep-2010
Lord Hanningfield rejects Supreme Court challenge

15-Sep-2010
Birmingham chief faces new union anger

15-Sep-2010
EXCLUSIVE: Esom bags Waltham Forest top job

15-Sep-2010
Rugby chief-leader 'unsustainable'

15-Sep-2010
Councils to share revenues and benefits

14-Sep-2010
Librarian walk out planned

14-Sep-2010
Nottingham bottom of car dependency table

14-Sep-2010
Devon councils to share planning

14-Sep-2010
Hughes faces resignation calls

14-Sep-2010
Pittam: transparency is toughest workstream

13-Sep-2010
Job summit leaders attack council leaders

13-Sep-2010
Labour takes seats in Exeter council poll

10-Sep-2010
Sharon Shoesmith to face MPs' questions

10-Sep-2010
Sandwell to slash number of senior managers

9-Sep-2010
Ofsted warns Kent over children's safeguarding

9-Sep-2010
South Ribble appoints chief

9-Sep-2010
Clegg: Growth fund reserved for North

9-Sep-2010
Best practice makes a top team

9 September 2010
Careers advice falls victim to cuts

9 September 2010
Chiefs to join place-based productivity programme

9 September 2010
Going local - leaving the NJC

9 September 2010
Laying down the law – Essex-style

9 September 2010
NJC comes under scrutiny

9 September 2010
Public service boards ‘best’

9 September 2010
Sector’s plea over cost pressures

9 September 2010
Warning over public health cuts

9 September 2010
We must demonstrate our substantial capacity

9 September 2010
West Sussex warned after sudden departure of chief

9 September 2010
What can be done to minimise the impact?

9 September 2010
Cumbria's case for a LEP

8-Sep-2010
London boroughs to share a chief

8-Sep-2010
Thurrock to take charge of local regeneration

8-Sep-2010
Oxfordshire is putting 'Future First'

7-Sep-2010
Bowles set to stay at 'last chance saloon' council

7-Sep-2010
Birmingham bid to keep down homeless costs

7-Sep-2010
Senior teams merger 'to save £250,000'

6-Sep-2010
Cuts to hit Wales hardest, WLGA warns

6-Sep-2010
Tory councillor defects over school build cuts

6-Sep-2010
Labour chooses Tower Hamlets mayoral candidate

6-Sep-2010
Chiefs' union slams 'outrageous' West Sussex

6-Sep-2010
Survey highlights confusion over elderly care

6-Sep-2010
London Councils calls for £480m to fix schools shortage

5-Sep-2010
Learning about new communities in Korea

3-Sep-2010
Union blasts chiefs' 'obscene' pay levels

3-Sep-2010
Stricken county to cut jobs and end projects

3-Sep-2010
Strike ballot at Kirklees

3-Sep-2010
Guidance for 'good slap' council officer

3-Sep-2010
Stoke 'set to slash' top jobs

3-Sep-2010
Court closures 'will damage justice and economies'

3-Sep-2010
School place lottery 'fails to cut segregation'

3-Sep-2010
Sandwell chief Fraser quits

2-Sep-2010
Newcastle leader replaced

2-Sep-2010
Shoesmith wins leave to appeal sacking case

2-Sep-2010
A redesign to reclaim social work

2 September 2010
A sense of communal responsibility

2 September 2010
Five more years’ for Iceland funds

2 September 2010
Greater than the sum of its parts

2 September 2010
Leading by example to reduce waste

2 September 2010
Looking at Lancashire LEPs

2 September 2010
Growth area council set to slash house building

1-Sep-2010
LEP watch: War of words on Humberside

1-Sep-2010
Shropshire management posts under review

31-Aug-2010
Axe attack on staff - on the wrong council

31-Aug-2010
Councils freed to control their byelaws

31-Aug-2010
Brent to shed 300 posts

31-Aug-2010
Year's delay likely for Cambridgeshire's troubled busway

27-Aug-2010
Wokingham safeguarding moves out of ‘inadequate’ zone

27-Aug-2010
Pornographic images cost council £17,000

27-Aug-2010
Labour holds on in the North East

27-Aug-2010
Police begin probe into council's finances

27-Aug-2010
Police prepare for Bradford protests

26-Aug-2010
Data policy delay costing councils

26-Aug-2010
Councillor charged with firearms offences

26-Aug-2010
Nottinghamshire improvement put on hold

25-Aug-2010
Trading standards crack down on mobility scams

25-Aug-2010
Haringey whistleblower loses victimisation claim

24-Aug-2010
LEP round up: Peninsula 'tip' partnership for Cornwall

24-Aug-2010
LEP tensions grow in Lancashire

23-Aug-2010
Police plan for Bradford demo despite bans

23-Aug-2010
Councils pursuing parking charge plans

23-Aug-2010
Kent £6.7m BSF costs

20-Aug-2010
LGA appoints Moir

20-Aug-2010
Joint chief salary revealed

19-Aug-2010
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough agree LEP plan

19-Aug-2010
Council fined over driver's pier death

19-Aug-2010
Bill for mayoral referenda could total more than £1m

19 August 2010
Birmingham's method is BEST

19 August 2010
DCLG publishes spending data

19 August 2010
Eric Pickles’ lobbyist claims ‘wrong’

19 August 2010
Jamming with the people of Coventry

19 August 2010
Knowsley MBC sick days

19 August 2010
Legal action proposed over scrapping of BSF projects

19 August 2010
Lincoln creates a website of character

19 August 2010
Merton LBC's LEAN programme

19 August 2010
Shared chief executive for London boroughs mooted

19 August 2010
Social care eligibility criteria tighten

19 August 2010
South Tyneside MBC sickness absence

19 August 2010
Success on the crest of a wave

19 August 2010
Edinburgh considering axing 300 jobs

18-Aug-2010
Wirral chief steps down

18-Aug-2010
Anger at school run parking fines

18-Aug-2010
Nuffield Trust to probe ‘virtual wards’ savings

18-Aug-2010
How to be on holiday

17-Aug-2010
Report names 'pensioner ghetto' councils

17-Aug-2010
Ofsted calls for improvements on 'missing' children

17-Aug-2010
U-turn over Barnet allowance increase

17-Aug-2010
'Serious problems' in Shetland

17-Aug-2010
Regional bodies urge size limit for LEPs

16-Aug-2010
Westminster owed £4m in unpaid foreign car fines

16-Aug-2010
Big is better for society and the voluntary sector

13-Aug-2010
£110,000 to keep open pupil-less school

13-Aug-2010
Ex-leader cleared over 'adult material'

13-Aug-2010
Report spotlights children’s services success

13-Aug-2010
Norfolk makes LEP bid

13-Aug-2010
Greater housing powers for boroughs call

12-Aug-2010
Strike to shut Southampton libraries

12-Aug-2010
Leicestershire heading for 'LEP wars'

12-Aug-2010
Maude launches pathfinder mutuals

12-Aug-2010
Nottinghamshire to cut quarter of workforce

11-Aug-2010
Norfolk CC slashes management

11-Aug-2010
End-of-life survey flags up stark differences

11-Aug-2010
Hundreds of jobs to go at Bath & North East Somerset

10-Aug-2010
New LEP dispute in Humberside

10-Aug-2010
No Kent and Essex 'super-LEP'

9-Aug-2010
Funding limbo to continue for 75 schools

6-Aug-2010
Tories hold off Labour in Rotherham

6-Aug-2010
Risk awards, but not risk averse...

5 August 2010
Staff pride was the key to success

5 August 2010
'Inspirational' councillor dies

4-Aug-2010
Slough Tory leader charged with bigamy

4-Aug-2010
Liverpool defies crackdown on salaries

4-Aug-2010
Inspection raises red flag at Worcestershire

4-Aug-2010
Rugby will not fill chief exec's role

4-Aug-2010
Bailey in running for Edinburgh role

3-Aug-2010
Shapps blasts council's iPad plan

3-Aug-2010
Manchester plans minimum alcohol price

3-Aug-2010
Ombudsman slams Merthyr Tydfil children's services

2-Aug-2010
Poole loses school snooping case

2-Aug-2010
Warning over Herefordshire children's inspection

2-Aug-2010
By-election results: 30 July 2010

30-Jul-2010
Councils' services merger given green light

29-Jul-2010
Wyre BC chief to retire

29-Jul-2010
Incoll's replacement announced

29-Jul-2010
Bristol benefits service rated 'poor'

29-Jul-2010
Kirklees appoints new chief executive

29-Jul-2010
From poor performer to star turn

29 July 2010
More people helped with less cash

29 July 2010
One chief between two ‘not enough’

29 July 2010
GMB criticises Birmingham's 430-job-cut plan

28-Jul-2010
Boundary issues could hamper public-health plans

28-Jul-2010
Labour MP to head new early intervention commission

28-Jul-2010
Cornwall to cut 2,000 jobs

28-Jul-2010
Survey highlights social-work caseload strains

28-Jul-2010
Cafcass management failings wasted cash as cases soared

28-Jul-2010
Birmingham publishes first full Serious Case Review

27-Jul-2010
Cheshire East votes down electoral reform plan

26-Jul-2010
Managers volunteer for pay cut

26-Jul-2010
Redundancy offer is widened

23-Jul-2010
Coalition under pressure over Forgemasters

23-Jul-2010
South Cambridgeshire appoints chief

23-Jul-2010
Going undercover - and coming up proud

22-Jul-2010
Non-neighbouring districts move towards joint chief

22 July 2010
Report criticises city’s safeguarding

22 July 2010
Respect brings a community together

22 July 2010
Wales fends off Pickles’ criticism

22 July 2010
Counties to merge back office

21-Jul-2010
Brighton replaces all its directors

20-Jul-2010
Fostering in Leeds gets 'good' rating

20-Jul-2010
Care funding commissioners named

20-Jul-2010
Cautious welcome for Big Society plans

19-Jul-2010
Powys to cut 1 in 10 jobs

19-Jul-2010
Liverpool appoints interim chief

19-Jul-2010
Community schemes to kick start Big Society pitch

19-Jul-2010
Leeds City region agrees £110m housing deal

19-Jul-2010
Reports: Mayor swears under breath at protesters

16-Jul-2010
No new chief for Newham, says Pickles

16-Jul-2010
Birmingham faces new rap for children's safeguarding

16-Jul-2010
Londonderry gets culture city nod

16-Jul-2010
Islington sets up inequality commission

16-Jul-2010
Duckworth ousted from Newham

15-Jul-2010
Audit Commission to cut 30% of budget

15 July 2010
Battle lines are drawn over LEPs

15 July 2010
Legal action ‘possible’ over cancelled BSF

15 July 2010
Pickles takes a softer line with chiefs’ role

15 July 2010
Place-based budgets gather pace

15 July 2010
WAG to discuss local government reform

13-Jul-2010
Bournemouth council leader elected

12-Jul-2010
Librarians agree second strike

12-Jul-2010
Warning given over 'split recovery'

9-Jul-2010
Council chief on rape charge

8-Jul-2010
London boroughs explore shared law service

8-Jul-2010
Chief to become Birmingham director

8-Jul-2010
Hertfordshire takes scrutiny award

8-Jul-2010
Audit Commission doubts sector’s self-policing

8 July 2010
Barking delays chief replacement and considers NHS merger

8 July 2010
Just what the doctor ordered

8 July 2010
Taking care to care

8 July 2010
We need top talent, argues Wandsworth over chief’s pay

8 July 2010
Birmingham and Blackpool vie with Taj Mahal for heritage status

7-Jul-2010
Contractor blamed for Cambridgeshire's busway woes

7-Jul-2010
'Bloody expensive' to undo shared chiefs

7-Jul-2010
Myers drops more transparency call

7-Jul-2010
Councils seek to maintain BSF work

7-Jul-2010
Rugby trials Pickles' 'leader and chief' idea

7-Jul-2010
Neill named as new Southampton chief

7-Jul-2010
Two Tories quit over e-mails

7-Jul-2010
NEETs problems ‘could be worse than thought’

7-Jul-2010
Court ousts one-third of Exeter and Norwich councillors

6-Jul-2010
Quirk gets role on schools capital panel

6-Jul-2010
Leader authorised £80,000 in 'secret' bonuses

5-Jul-2010
Liverpool makes redundancy offer

5-Jul-2010
Council claims nationwide housing first

5-Jul-2010
Council in chaos as LGA arrives in town

5-Jul-2010
Email leak mars consultant's departure

5-Jul-2010
Lib Dems beat coalition partners

2-Jul-2010
Online consultation experiment 'a success'

2-Jul-2010
Suffolk CC wins green award

2-Jul-2010
Boroughs plan schools tie-up

2-Jul-2010
Baby P social worker accepts libel damages

1-Jul-2010
Government steps in at Doncaster

1-Jul-2010
How Cumbria coped with flood emergency

1-Jul-2010
Council reorganisation repeal bid 'dictatorial'

1-Jul-2010
A community coming out of crisis

1 July 2010
CovJam - communicating with the community

July 2010 - online articles
Districts share managements to cut costs

1 July 2010
Local government can make a difference

1 July 2010
Merger with health board falls apart

1 July 2010
Torfaen case study: A springboard for improvement

1 July 2010
Britannia Stadium report published

30-Jun-2010
Martin to move to Wandsworth

30-Jun-2010
Council may axe 7,000 jobs and re-employ staff

30-Jun-2010
National pay council branded 'dysfunctional'

30-Jun-2010
Exclusive: Greater Manchester slams door on RDA

30-Jun-2010
Expenses claim four 'not above the law'

30-Jun-2010
Orkney agrees to Shetland secondment

29-Jun-2010
Manchester settles abuse claims

29-Jun-2010
Sutton chief to advise Treasury

29-Jun-2010
Islington to look for cheaper chief

29-Jun-2010
Transport for London completes Tube Line takeover

28-Jun-2010
Benefit cuts could force thousands from Westminster

28-Jun-2010
Committee slams council website

28-Jun-2010
Dorset chiefs to compete for shared role

28-Jun-2010
Shetland to 'borrow' chief as audit hearings begin

28-Jun-2010
Police volunteers plan unveiled

25-Jun-2010
South Ayrshire facing £56m shortfall

25-Jun-2010
Councils' education merger is hailed a first

25-Jun-2010
Gove names would-be academy schools

25-Jun-2010
Norwich to slash spending by £7.5m

24-Jun-2010
Thurrock chief chosen after 18-month wait

24-Jun-2010
Doomed job scheme ‘was working’

24 June 2010
John Foster the latest to leave

24 June 2010
Making drama instead of a crisis

24 June 2010
Two districts look at full merger

24 June 2010
Auditors rap Edinburgh over 'misleading' release

23-Jun-2010
Shared chief exec plans abandoned

23-Jun-2010
Council drops paper to back business initiative

22-Jun-2010
John Foster to leave Islington

22-Jun-2010
Copeland's new boss to review managers

22-Jun-2010
Somerset to consider County Hall sale

22-Jun-2010
Pickles picks commissioners for Doncaster

22-Jun-2010
North Tyneside mayor cleared of fraud allegations

18-Jun-2010
Election win gives Labour control of Hastings

18-Jun-2010
Sutton service gives direct access for deaf people

18-Jun-2010
Waltham's deputy to take over

17-Jun-2010
Haringey denies it withheld Baby P papers

17-Jun-2010
Social services cleared over Shannon Matthews case

17-Jun-2010
Liverpool plans business rates funding tool

17-Jun-2010
Area hit by cuts face loss of retailers

17 June 2010
Call for change in law over DCSs

17 June 2010
Children's services merger considered

17 June 2010
Expert casts doubt on publication of SCRs

17 June 2010
High expectations and a lot to prove

17 June 2010
The axe to fall hardest in the north

17 June 2010
Kirklees appoint Vincent's replacement

16-Jun-2010
Haringey fails to produce Baby P documents

15-Jun-2010
Newham faces censorship allegations

15-Jun-2010
Councillor on police bail awarded MBE

14-Jun-2010
Judge criticises legal bill for school hall row

14-Jun-2010
New academies 'could get less cash' than expected

14-Jun-2010
Librarians strike over use of volunteers

14-Jun-2010
Lord Hanningfield facing criminal court

11-Jun-2010
Birmingham to appeal equal pay decision

11-Jun-2010
Blackpool Tower funding safe

10-Jun-2010
Collaboration is more than a buzzword

10 June 2010
Cuts in infrastructure grants loom

10 June 2010
Metro schemes threatened as Treasury targets transport

10 June 2010
Pickles agrees ‘exceptional’ salary for Doncaster head

10 June 2010
Political change forces chief executive out

10 June 2010
Scheme to help first-time buyers

10 June 2010
Sunderland wins battle over parking zone

10 June 2010
Vehicle tracking devices spark union opposition

10 June 2010
London Living Wage raised to £7.85

9-Jun-2010
Colchester loses FoI battle

9-Jun-2010
Pickles questions Suffolk PR head's salary

9-Jun-2010
Freedom for ex-chief Ken Sawyers

9-Jun-2010
Care charity flags potential £3bn efficiencies

9-Jun-2010
Free school meals expansion cancelled

8-Jun-2010
Anglesey in ‘last chance saloon’

8-Jun-2010
Shapps commits to housing finance review

8-Jun-2010
Doomed unitaries 'would have saved money'

8-Jun-2010
Fife Council to cut 1,800 jobs

7-Jun-2010
Pickles backs recycling reward schemes

7-Jun-2010
Questions over Waltham Forest chief

4-Jun-2010
Birmingham Council launches CO2 bid

3-Jun-2010
Coventry to host Olympic football

3-Jun-2010
Cameron’s ‘beacon’ bank's off to sluggish start

3 June 2010
House-building strategy shift ‘recipe for disaster’

3 June 2010
Merton set to launch own graduate scheme

3 June 2010
Parent mentoring 'can save £50,000'

3 June 2010
Success for families

3 June 2010
Council to try lollies to calm angry England fans

2-Jun-2010
Rob Vincent to take helm at 'failing' Doncaster

2-Jun-2010
Coventry City Council ‘faces 250 job cuts’

2-Jun-2010
Davis leaves Birmingham

2-Jun-2010
Pickles intervenes in Doncaster

2-Jun-2010
Coleman gets new term as London fire chief

1-Jun-2010
Stoke slated for closed-door agendas

1-Jun-2010
Derbyshire CC could share staff with PCT

1-Jun-2010
Council releases salary and spending data

1-Jun-2010
EU backs council in care home case

1-Jun-2010
Cameron to appoint 'city champions'

1-Jun-2010
Birmingham website 'lacked supervision'

1-Jun-2010
Brighton embraces commissioning model

1-Jun-2010
Leeds' garden gold is first council title

28-May-2010
Harrow rewarded for crisis management

28-May-2010
Labour take back control at Leeds

28-May-2010
Legal bill branded "excessive"

28-May-2010
Port firms get respite from backdated bills

28-May-2010
Staff slate council's IT system

27-May-2010
HCA told to prepare for £610m cut

27-May-2010
Councils ‘must do more’ for young offenders

27-May-2010
Lambeth unveils radical shake up

27-May-2010
'Big tent' hope at property fair

27 May 2010
FOI figures reveal Anglesey chief costs £275,000

27 May 2010
It's not about power

27 May 2010
Local vote on officers’ salaries proposed

27 May 2010
North Somerset finance chief took on children’s role

27 May 2010
Complaint against council leader

26-May-2010
Lib-Dem/Labour coalition takes control at Solihull

26-May-2010
Survey: Professionals "powerless" to intervene

26-May-2010
Brighton director to lead Lewes DC

26-May-2010
Johnson reveals outer London vision

25-May-2010
Scilly officers get 12% pay rise

25-May-2010
Lib Dems criticise cabinet deal

25-May-2010
Councils ponder management merger

25-May-2010
Tories take leadership of Wirral

25-May-2010
Essex floats 85 job cuts

25-May-2010
Baby P social workers admit failings

25-May-2010
Interim chief appointed in Northamptonshire

24-May-2010
Council cuts chief executive salary

24-May-2010
Tories take West Somerset

24-May-2010
Backtrack on redundancy figures

24-May-2010
Suicide report criticises care services

21-May-2010
Ex-police chief to lead Cardiff

21-May-2010
Billions frozen in funding review

20 May 2010
Clark and Pickles – DCLG ‘dream team’?

20 May 2010
Council forced to seek help from parishes

20 May 2010
IDeA could fund RIEPs extension

20 May 2010
Leeds looks at recruiting chief for city region

20 May 2010
Pickles at the helm towards a new localism

20 May 2010
Recovering from crisis

20 May 2010
Review of capital projects raises BSF questions

20 May 2010
Review of economic assessments

20 May 2010
Whiteman sets sights on more self-regulation

20 May 2010
Why the 'it won't last' experts were wrong

20 May 2010
Worried districts prepare to lobby Pickles

20 May 2010
Authorities accused of exploiting motorists

19-May-2010
Call to learn lessons of Cumbrian floods

19-May-2010
Grant Shapps attacks council's flag decision

19-May-2010
Cambridgeshire signs £110m BSF deal

19-May-2010
Blackpool's takeover of resort's icons at risk

19-May-2010
Councils to get general power of competence

19-May-2010
Small is beautiful claims thinktank report

19-May-2010
Library volunteers plan provokes anger

19-May-2010
Districts' shared chief plans founder

18-May-2010
Labour claim Leeds victory

18-May-2010
Baby Peter workers on misconduct charge

18-May-2010
Liverpool chief to retire early

17-May-2010
Future of BSF hangs in balance

17-May-2010
Councillors give green light to shared chief

14-May-2010
Ofsted fails another United Learning Trust school

14-May-2010
Johnstone heads to Bristol from CQC

14-May-2010
Jory to lead Reigate & Banstead

14-May-2010
Leese returns to leader's role

14-May-2010
Pickles orders review of mortgage help scheme

13-May-2010
Greg Clark handed localism brief

13-May-2010
Narrowly defeated Labour MP could challenge result

13-May-2010
Casualties of a high turnout

13 May 2010
Give more power to the Electoral Commission

13 May 2010
Judicial reviews switch to regions a success

13 May 2010
Labour encouraged by gains in local elections

13 May 2010
Local coalition deals stalled by Westminster wrangling

13 May 2010
Thinktank chiefs and local leaders to maintain localism fight

13 May 2010
Wipeout for the BNP in Barking

13 May 2010
Leese hopes to return as Manchester leader

12-May-2010
Question marks over NHS protection pledge

12-May-2010
Norwich heads Britain's library lending list

12-May-2010
Mothersole offers to repay poll fee

11-May-2010
Police probe Burnley council vote

11-May-2010
Grandmother wins council pay care case

11-May-2010
Sheffield council power on a knife-edge

11-May-2010
Council announces final election result

11-May-2010
Playing cards decide victor at local election count

11-May-2010
Glasgow chooses new leader

11-May-2010
Liverpool's new leader plans to halt homes demolition

10-May-2010
Making a beacon out of a crisis in Wiltshire

10-May-2010
Students unable to vote complain of 'discrimination'

7-May-2010
Barnbrook loses as BNP is trounced by Labour

7-May-2010
At the local count - a personal view

7-May-2010
Local Election 2010: who's in control

7-May-2010
At the count - a personal view

7-May-2010
Council bars man from all country's pubs

6-May-2010
Doncaster ‘mentor’ role for Ryley

6 May 2010
Lean times to come...

6 May 2010
Private sector ‘should be accountable like councils’

6 May 2010
Survey says Lab-Lib Dem pact ‘least worst’

6 May 2010
Local Election 2010: the councils facing the vote

5-May-2010
Council orders independent report on scrapped deal

5-May-2010
Tory plans could 'sideline' local voice in Olympic legacy

5-May-2010
Devon council votes for shared chief exec

4-May-2010
Herts boss to lead county chiefs body

4-May-2010
Tory leaders rail against road pricing

4-May-2010
Brown battles for seaside town votes

4-May-2010
Council resumes control of 'inadequate' school

4-May-2010
Greater Manchester to bid for pot of EU cash

4-May-2010
West Somerset 'too small to be viable'

4-May-2010
Unitary court battle verdict “after election”

3-May-2010
Police investigate election tweet gaffe

30-Apr-2010
Spending cuts to drive regeneration to local level

30-Apr-2010
Calls for £7 an hour pay review

29-Apr-2010
Birmingham sets up innovative homes venture

29 April 2010
Building a solid foundation for Doncaster

29 April 2010
City unveils big management shake-up

29 April 2010
Surrey pan-county services move closer

29 April 2010
Swept by a Westminster current?

29 April 2010
New Shoesmith tribunal will take 'several months'

28-Apr-2010
Lawyers disagree over Birmingham payout

28-Apr-2010
Councils adopt shared legal service

27-Apr-2010
Protesters held over council disruption

27-Apr-2010
Postal votes are sent to wrong constituency

27-Apr-2010
Videos and blogs in city election service

27-Apr-2010
Urban voters turn their back on Labour

26-Apr-2010
Council signs electric car agreement

26-Apr-2010
Gove defends 'free school' proposals

26-Apr-2010
Creese takes on Socitm presidency

23-Apr-2010
Barnet Mayor cleared of criminal conduct

23-Apr-2010
County opposes high speed rail route

23-Apr-2010
Shoesmith loses case

23-Apr-2010
New top posts at Cumbria settled

22-Apr-2010
Electoral fraud arrest for Tories

22-Apr-2010
Hounslow name Frater as interim CEO

22-Apr-2010
New ADASS head warns of 'tough year'

22-Apr-2010
Avoidable contact? If only...

22 April 2010
Communications - 22 April 2010

22 April 2010
DCLG steps in to find new chief for Doncaster

22 April 2010
Views of the week: 22 April 2010

22 April 2010
Leicestershire to dim street lights

21-Apr-2010
Stoke director appeals sacking over illness

21-Apr-2010
eBay price-fixer in court over bids

21-Apr-2010
Harrow award for waste transformation

21-Apr-2010
Cheshire East looks to offload golf courses

21-Apr-2010
National Football Museum to close

20-Apr-2010
West Lothian chief to stand down

20-Apr-2010
Proceedings may follow council investigation

19-Apr-2010
John Denham's statement on Doncaster

19-Apr-2010
Doncaster: Government to intervene

19-Apr-2010
Corby settlement increases legal risks for councils

19-Apr-2010
CIPFA calls for TIFs

19-Apr-2010
Corby settles steel work clean up case

16-Apr-2010
Police launch Purcell claims probe

16-Apr-2010
Being vegetarian at the annual venison dinner

15-Apr-2010
Three to be disciplined over Khyra case

15-Apr-2010
A new era for libraries

15 April 2010
A step-by-step guide to shared management

15 April 2010
Culture and leisure - 15 April 2010

15 April 2010
Doncaster braced for inspection findings

15 April 2010
Medical records database opposed

15 April 2010
Mergers inch on to agenda

15 April 2010
Sharing a common goal on health services

15 April 2010
Slough leaves joint services project

15 April 2010
The battle to achieve more shared working

15 April 2010
Southampton chief announces retirement

14-Apr-2010
Warwickshire hires former DH director

14-Apr-2010
Manchester leader stands down after assault caution

14-Apr-2010
Council left boy with child abuser

14-Apr-2010
Councillor disqualified for bullying chief

14-Apr-2010
Driverless train plan for Glasgow

13-Apr-2010
Wyre resists leisure cuts

13-Apr-2010
County magazine prompts purdah row

13-Apr-2010
New Care Trust Plus goes live

12-Apr-2010
Cumbria leader dies after short illness

9-Apr-2010
Westminster temp 'earns more than CEO'

9-Apr-2010
Labour gains but vote swings to Tories

9-Apr-2010
Council renewal projects face axe

8-Apr-2010
Birmingham hopes for culture bonanza

8-Apr-2010
London-wide shared services proposed

8 April 2010
‘Legacy of distrust’ blocks two-tier progress

8 April 2010
Council to co-ordinate Afghanistan postal votes

8 April 2010
Electricity for sale?

8 April 2010
Four-year freeze on agenda for lowest paid

8 April 2010
Meeting the challenges of microgeneration

8 April 2010
New disclosure rules could spell end for 'rich list'

8 April 2010
News review - 8 April 2010

8 April 2010
Sixth Olympic borough named

8 April 2010
Yes, we are well paid. But we're worth it

8 April 2010
Decentralise to unleash a revolution

7-Apr-2010
Ten ideas accepted under Sustainable Communities Act

6-Apr-2010
Big council project underway after legal hitch

6-Apr-2010
Ex-county council leader dies

6-Apr-2010
Council broadband boosts remote communities

6-Apr-2010
Bristol pushes ahead as UK's top cycling city

6-Apr-2010
MPs: Some council papers 'unacceptable'

6-Apr-2010
Ofsted 'changed Baby P report'

1-Apr-2010
LGA deputy parachuted into Doncaster

1-Apr-2010
Auditor finds procurement tale 'unconvincing'

1-Apr-2010
Lord Hanningfield claims parliamentary privilege

1-Apr-2010
Hammersmith & Fulham show why they are winners

31-Mar-2010
Case study: Bristol and food waste

31-Mar-2010
Case study: Epsom and more cost-effective vehicles

31-Mar-2010
Environmental pressure grows

31-Mar-2010
Nottingham labelled poorest part of the UK

31-Mar-2010
Boost for Blackpool's tower and tourism

31-Mar-2010
Council admits unlawful political secondment

31-Mar-2010
Data breach over council's stolen laptop

30-Mar-2010
Manchester city region gets Stockport backing

29-Mar-2010
Police probe into Conwy chief

29-Mar-2010
Lottery boosts sea heritage museum

29-Mar-2010
Boundary Committee's latest Stoke proposal

26-Mar-2010
Retained housing 'delivers value to communities'

25-Mar-2010
Behaviour change is community engagement with a purpose

25 March 2010
Case studies: Four councils wave green flag

25 March 2010
County's green behaviour change drive

25 March 2010
Final go-ahead for new unitaries

24-Mar-2010
Cycling showcase towns get on their bikes

23-Mar-2010
DCSF issues improvement notice to Sandwell

23-Mar-2010
Tory abstentions let unitaries through

23-Mar-2010
Case Study: West Sussex CC

23-Mar-2010
Council plans health shared services venture

23-Mar-2010
Chief warns of more industrial tribunals

23-Mar-2010
Warning over 'hit and miss' careers advice

23-Mar-2010
Council jobs cuts 'could damage local economies'

23-Mar-2010
Council wins property record ruling

22-Mar-2010
Luton appoints new chief executive

22-Mar-2010
Trafford back on for city region

20-Mar-2010
Swansea apologises over teenage deaths

19-Mar-2010
Birmingham sacks social workers

19-Mar-2010
'Extremely rude' Coleman sacked from fire role

19-Mar-2010
Cathy Morgan to leave Bristol

18-Mar-2010
Wandsworth offers £200k+ for new chief

18-Mar-2010
County council loses Islamophobia appeal

18-Mar-2010
Devon and Norfolk resist call to share

18 March 2010
Districts stare into financial abyss

18 March 2010
Edinburgh chief announces retirement

17-Mar-2010
Olympic host boroughs sign MAA

17-Mar-2010
Ofsted highlights NEETs successes

17-Mar-2010
'Owls of protest over planning fight

16-Mar-2010
Council's obesity pilot study 'successful'

16-Mar-2010
'Rookie consultant' to probe council fish project

16-Mar-2010
LGA steps up campaign to retain wantaway councils

15-Mar-2010
Contractor accused over busway delay

15-Mar-2010
Eight senior staff survive Aberdeen shake-up

15-Mar-2010
More cash for new 'regeneration' bridge

12-Mar-2010
Council joy at ending of 'special measures'

12-Mar-2010
Council reacts to Khyra sentencings

12-Mar-2010
Shaw moves up at East Sussex

12-Mar-2010
Hanningfield denies expenses charges

11-Mar-2010
Case study: Enfield regeneration

11 March 2010
Case study: Newham regeneration

11 March 2010
Councils face pressure to fix high streets

11 March 2010
Forging a different quality of relationship with citizens

11 March 2010
Public interest in local democracy slumps

11 March 2010
Race to claim the future of Total Place

11 March 2010
We are hopeful the law will be changed

11 March 2010
New unitaries offered Whitehall champions

10-Mar-2010
City set for decent homes landmark

10-Mar-2010
Cameron calls emergency debate on unitaries

9-Mar-2010
Six more BSF councils announced

8-Mar-2010
Lords slam Denham over unitary plans

8-Mar-2010
Council complains over Iraq voting

8-Mar-2010
EU probes council parking scheme

5-Mar-2010
Cheshire East set for closer AGMA ties

5-Mar-2010
Doncaster votes to increase council tax

5-Mar-2010
Council to trial waste cash incentives

4-Mar-2010
Prison report prompts Kent resettlement call

4-Mar-2010
Councils prepare for paper probe

4 March 2010
EXCLUSIVE: Total Place councils challenged

4 March 2010
Financial costs and benefits

4 March 2010
'I won over local media on pay'

4 March 2010
Sparks set to build bridges after contest

4 March 2010
Total Place - the LGC guide to the pilots

4 March 2010
Total Place pilot - Birmingham

4 March 2010
Total Place pilot - Bradford

4 March 2010
Total Place pilot - Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire

4 March 2010
Total Place pilot - Croydon

4 March 2010
Total Place pilot - Dorset, Poole & Bournemouth

4 March 2010
Total Place pilot - Durham

4 March 2010
Total Place pilot - Gateshead, South Tyneside & Sunderland

4 March 2010
Total Place pilot - Kent

4 March 2010
Total Place pilot - Leicester and Leicestershire

4 March 2010
Total Place pilot - Lewisham

4 March 2010
Total Place pilot - Luton & Central Bedfordshire

4 March 2010
Total Place pilot - Manchester City region, including Warrington

4 March 2010
Total Place pilot - Worcestershire

4 March 2010
Laird battles cost Cheltenham £2.1m

2-Mar-2010
Transport fund and road pricing link broken

2-Mar-2010
Suspension problem for Boris Johnson

2-Mar-2010
Doncaster officers paint grim picture

1-Mar-2010
Council websites 'not ready to ease the cuts'

1-Mar-2010
25,000 jobs cuts - BBC survey

1-Mar-2010
Councils conned out of £14m

26-Feb-2010
District chief Phil Dolan to retire

26-Feb-2010
Sandwell suspends 10 over safeguarding

26-Feb-2010
Balls warning to Birmingham over child death

26-Feb-2010
New chief for Lincolnshire district

25-Feb-2010
City of Culture shortlist announced

25-Feb-2010
Case Study: Recycling Redbridge

25 February 2010
High-rise recycling success

25 February 2010
Making a difference - Julie's story

25 February 2010
Online services will make savings

25 February 2010
Peer-to-peer approach

25 February 2010
Value for money in PFIs

25 February 2010
City region plans mired in confusion

24-Feb-2010
New legal claim after contractor drops injunction

24-Feb-2010
Birmingham approves job cut savings plan

24-Feb-2010
Directors call for better focus on carers

24-Feb-2010
Doncaster rejects mayor's budget

23-Feb-2010
Council uses pop art on refuse lorries

23-Feb-2010
Labour double success in by-elections

19-Feb-2010
UK councils 'to cut 20,000 jobs'

19-Feb-2010
Birmingham could slash top director jobs

19-Feb-2010
Hillingdon reclaims homes from Almo

19-Feb-2010
Unitary withdraws supported housing funding

19-Feb-2010
Council house MP's anger at fly-on-the-wall TV

19-Feb-2010
Wandsworth again pledges lowest tax

19-Feb-2010
Councils warning of salary backlash

18-Feb-2010
Labour plans 'John Lewis council' for Lambeth

18-Feb-2010
'Snow levy' for council taxpayers

18-Feb-2010
Nottinghamshire predicts 1,000 more job cuts

18-Feb-2010
First phase of council's free internet plan completed

18-Feb-2010
Insurance consortium for south west councils

18-Feb-2010
Westminster council: 'We can save millions'

18-Feb-2010
Political row has just begun

18 February 2010
Small can be beautiful 2

18 February 2010
Small can be beautiful 3

18 February 2010
The implications for those left behind

18 February 2010
Unitaries over-deliver on efficiencies

18 February 2010
Council confirms receipt of Trump golf plans

17-Feb-2010
Doncaster mayor faces fresh inquiry

17-Feb-2010
Solihull chief wins place on Becta board

16-Feb-2010
Lords to examine unitary viability

16-Feb-2010
Exeter unitary decision challenged

16-Feb-2010
Leader referred to Standards Board

16-Feb-2010
Plans to ditch Census floated

15-Feb-2010
Troubleshooter Roots heads for crisis council

15-Feb-2010
Digital spring clean for city streets

15-Feb-2010
Unions drop £68m back-pay claim

15-Feb-2010
Council may fight huge fraud costs

15-Feb-2010
Regeneration company 'poor value'

12-Feb-2010
Staff asked for say over new chief executive

12-Feb-2010
Council wins 'delayed' negligent care claim

12-Feb-2010
Violence against social workers 'chronic'

12-Feb-2010
Scarborough streamlines with TechnologyOne

12-Feb-2010
Boat operators back canal proposals

12-Feb-2010
Denham overruled permanent secretary to create unitaries

11-Feb-2010
Suffolk districts predict status quo

11-Feb-2010
Case study: Northampton

11 February 2010
Case study: Rochford

11 February 2010
Case study: South Lanarkshire

11 February 2010
Case study: Three Rivers

11 February 2010
Performance pay to be extended

11 February 2010
Regulation returns on the buses

11 February 2010
Things can only get better – for Labour

11 February 2010
Why Tories need to top 40% poll mark

11 February 2010
Norfolk and Devon to challenge new unitaries

10-Feb-2010
Leicester leader to stand down

10-Feb-2010
Council to switch off Kent TV channel

10-Feb-2010
Devon, Norfolk and Suffolk hear unitaries decision

10-Feb-2010
Birmingham set to shed 2,000 jobs

10-Feb-2010
Councils attack ONS over 2011 Census

9-Feb-2010
Essex select Lord Hanningfield replacement

9-Feb-2010
Council pilot protects cash-strapped elderly

9-Feb-2010
County chief takes 5% pay cut

8-Feb-2010
Nottinghamshire floats super-centre plan

8-Feb-2010
Wearside wonders

5-Feb-2010
Sevenoaks triumphs in Best Councils survey

5-Feb-2010
Hanningfield resigns after expenses charges

5-Feb-2010
Thompson named new chief of social work watchdog

4-Feb-2010
Denham gives a local lead on emissions

4 February 2010
Fear that Treasury will focus on savings

4 February 2010
It works to reward the residents

4 February 2010
'Meet us halfway on children'

4 February 2010
Senior Tory voices devolution doubts

4 February 2010
There is scope for localism in the welfare state

4 February 2010
£200,000 windfall for departing chief exec

3-Feb-2010
Charnwood signs partnership with Capita

3-Feb-2010
Call to rethink Dungeness nuclear site

3-Feb-2010
Birmingham MP wants to be city mayor

3-Feb-2010
Calderdale suspends staff over report

2-Feb-2010
Ice-damaged roads cost council £20m

2-Feb-2010
Surrey cabinet accepts auditors' strictures

2-Feb-2010
Three more councils sign up to PROTOCOL

2-Feb-2010
Commission warns about partnership workload

2-Feb-2010
Tory leaders attack Labour tax claims

2-Feb-2010
Coughlan joins national board

2-Feb-2010
Council finance stalwart to retire

2-Feb-2010
Suffolk CC scoops national e-gov award

29-Jan-2010
BBC radio host sacked over council threat

29-Jan-2010
Councillors face two-year pay freeze threat

29-Jan-2010
Council rapped over account errors

29-Jan-2010
Boylan takes Stockport top job

28-Jan-2010
Doncaster mayor plans cuts to reduce tax

28-Jan-2010
Hounslow chief to step down

28-Jan-2010
Equity release plan offers care hope

28-Jan-2010
Blaming the mayoral system won’t help

28 January 2010
LGA debates action against Doncaster

28 January 2010
What's done when governance goes wrong

28 January 2010
Ex-LGA chief gets railway role

27-Jan-2010
Council may appeal waste management case

27-Jan-2010
Northgate supports Birmingham's planning transformation

27-Jan-2010
Birmingham overspend trebles to £34m

27-Jan-2010
Housing cash after council quits legal challenge

27-Jan-2010
Camden mayor questioned by police

26-Jan-2010
Preston's new media blue plaque tour

26-Jan-2010
More councils to freeze council tax

26-Jan-2010
Doncaster faces new probe

25-Jan-2010
Borough set to switch back from almo

25-Jan-2010
Former council leader suspended

25-Jan-2010
Councils given roadwork overrun guidance

25-Jan-2010
Plaudits for council's own ICS project

25-Jan-2010
Doncaster responds over Edlington case

22-Jan-2010
Barnet to appeal warden ruling

22-Jan-2010
Doncaster publishes Edlington serious case review

22-Jan-2010
Buckinghamshire Pathfinder collapses

22-Jan-2010
MP dubs returning officers 'tinpot upstarts'

21-Jan-2010
Child database security breached

21-Jan-2010
Unitary takes housing back in-house

21-Jan-2010
Rob Whiteman moves to IDeA

21-Jan-2010
Borough claims biggest council tax cut

21-Jan-2010
No sanctions for council chief

20-Jan-2010
Neill signs up to Carter plan 'ideas'

20-Jan-2010
Copeland's chief to retire

20-Jan-2010
Senior finance directors leave posts

19-Jan-2010
Telehealth pilot sees 75% reduction in hospital admissions

19-Jan-2010
Suspended director agrees council pay-off

19-Jan-2010
Council appeals over warden ruling

19-Jan-2010
Wellbeing services 'deliver benefits'

19-Jan-2010
Report highlights Doncaster failings

19-Jan-2010
Councils slam ‘super sewer’ plans

18-Jan-2010
London bids to end landfill by 2025

18-Jan-2010
Tories 'would stop council changes'

18-Jan-2010
Do-more call on benefit take-up

18-Jan-2010
Islington's integrated care system reaches milestone

18-Jan-2010
Lib Dems demand review of partnership

18-Jan-2010
Council summit over big freeze

18-Jan-2010
Brum transformation programme still delayed

18-Jan-2010
Boroughs mull Olympic logo deal

15-Jan-2010
City advertising sites go out to tender

15-Jan-2010
Councils regain planning powers

15-Jan-2010
Bell to take over from Hilton

15-Jan-2010
Council's £5m cold weather road repair bill

15-Jan-2010
Embattled council appoints new legal director

15-Jan-2010
City of York sign £13.7m network deal

14-Jan-2010
Judge slams trading standards probe

14-Jan-2010
Spotlight falls on Robinson council

14-Jan-2010
Council chief quits ahead of CLG grilling

14-Jan-2010
Business as usual in South Gloucestershire

14 January 2010
Headhunters called in to widen candidate pool

14 January 2010
Landmark shared appointment looms

14 January 2010
Shared chief execs: the first of its kind

14 January 2010
Working to broaden the councillor base

14 January 2010
Brighton council wins top gay award again

13-Jan-2010
Tight timetable for disputed unitaries

13-Jan-2010
Council prepares Robinson inquiry

13-Jan-2010
Council blooper over young drinkers

12-Jan-2010
Coroner's plea to council over abuse

12-Jan-2010
Kent to swap chief exec for 'Group MD'

12-Jan-2010
Opposition to onshore gas storage site

12-Jan-2010
Interest rates 'set to rise'

12-Jan-2010
Investment boost for council-owned farms

12-Jan-2010
Islington hires interim director after suspension

12-Jan-2010
Civica to deliver financial systems for Greenwich

11-Jan-2010
Consortium of Welsh authorities extend Northgate deal

11-Jan-2010
Concern over taxi licence approval process

11-Jan-2010
Calderdale chief 'to explain performance'

11-Jan-2010
BBC boss attacked over 'county council pay'

11-Jan-2010
Councils battle to keep roads open

8-Jan-2010
Lancashire to close EU office in £23m cuts

8-Jan-2010
Councils in the snow

8-Jan-2010
Council anger at grit thieves

7-Jan-2010
Suffolk districts consider partnering up

7-Jan-2010
Schools criticised over closures

7-Jan-2010
Merton green lights housing development

7-Jan-2010
Toddler death council 'inadequate'

7-Jan-2010
Call to investigate Liverpool chief

7-Jan-2010
Case study: Barnet inter-agency work

7 January 2010
Inspectorates must break from their silos

7 January 2010
London opens databases to the public

7 January 2010
Radical reform will devolve functions and funding

7 January 2010
Showcase Conservative councils

7 January 2010
Tory leaders push for localist ‘Magna Carta’

7 January 2010
Tory sets out county devolution plan

7 January 2010
Council staff shun redundancy packages

6-Jan-2010
London borough to get royal status

5-Jan-2010
'No-frills' Barnet seeks law changes

5-Jan-2010
Emergency salt delivery reaches council

5-Jan-2010
Norfolk prepares for judicial review

5-Jan-2010
Leicestershire to cut 650 jobs

5-Jan-2010
Liverpool unhappy over lack of grit

5-Jan-2010
Tenants back new agreement

4-Jan-2010
Council offers social care choices

4-Jan-2010
Haringey loses confidential file

4-Jan-2010
Council's salt supplies run out

4-Jan-2010
Leese and Bullock head task force

4-Jan-2010
Northampton sheds monitoring regime

23-Dec-2009
Councils urged to adopt 'one-stop' house schemes

22-Dec-2009
LGA defends snow-hit councils

22-Dec-2009
Post Office 'faces same fate as Woolworths'

22-Dec-2009
Newham's new director of adult services

22-Dec-2009
Essex signs back-office deal with IBM

21-Dec-2009
Balls approves end to special measures in Bradford

21-Dec-2009
Exiting Axon deal will cost Wolverhampton £7.1m

21-Dec-2009
Councils tackle bad weather problems

18-Dec-2009
Tory majority slashed in final by-election of 2009

18-Dec-2009
Councils treble CCTV cameras in a decade

18-Dec-2009
Anger at Mersey cruise plan refusal

17-Dec-2009
Barcodes aid structure maintenance

17-Dec-2009
Surrey drops plans for two incinerators

17-Dec-2009
Last councils allowed housing stock transfer

17-Dec-2009
Police board criticised by watchdog

17-Dec-2009
Audit Commission raps councils over late audits

17-Dec-2009
Case study: Derby City Council

17 December 2009
Where the PBR axe will fall

17 December 2009
Council launches bid for green supremacy

16-Dec-2009
Barnet loses warden reform battle

16-Dec-2009
Chief of directorate-cutting unitary outlines challenges

16-Dec-2009
Trading standards team stops huge eBay fraud

15-Dec-2009
Neill: Manifesto to reverse reorganisation

15-Dec-2009
Commission launches fresh Shetlands probe

15-Dec-2009
Mendip chief Thomson quits

15-Dec-2009
More councils levy credit card fees

15-Dec-2009
Liverpool is clean and green

15-Dec-2009
Eastwood moves to Rochdale

15-Dec-2009
High-speed services launch in Ashford

14-Dec-2009
Tests reveal Christmas decoration dangers

14-Dec-2009
Shoesmith condemns 'mistakes' in Baby P appeal

14-Dec-2009
New unitary plans cuts

14-Dec-2009
'Districts must change' warns retiring chief

11-Dec-2009
Manchester councils launch spend analysis tool

11-Dec-2009
Labour poll boost after Darling's PBR

11-Dec-2009
Opening of Busway scheme delayed

10-Dec-2009
Glasgow considers cutting 600 jobs

10-Dec-2009
Wellingborough invests in front line services

10-Dec-2009
In practice - Norwich City Council

10 December 2009
East Sussex's Cheryl Miller retires

9-Dec-2009
Salford sacks suspended director

9-Dec-2009
Doncaster appoints permanent DCS

9-Dec-2009
Bournemouth leader survives ousting bid

9-Dec-2009
CAA's top marks for only 14

9-Dec-2009
Lowest-ranked children's services named

9-Dec-2009
Council commitment after airport closure

8-Dec-2009
Dundee sparks new life into waste management fleet

8-Dec-2009
Rotherham faces improvement notice

7-Dec-2009
Tory boroughs turn backs on CAA

7-Dec-2009
Rally call for smaller city freedom

7-Dec-2009
CQC chair announces resignation

7-Dec-2009
Stoke recruits to replace Serco team

4-Dec-2009
Marsden returns to North Tyneside

4-Dec-2009
Council looks to buy Blackpool Tower

4-Dec-2009
New phase in councils' joint working

4-Dec-2009
Bolton and Bury agree strategic alliance

4-Dec-2009
Legal action threat over unitary payoffs

3-Dec-2009
Southwark anger at lowly CQC rating

3-Dec-2009
Top finance staff ‘undervalued’

3 December 2009
Copeland seals pay and grading deal

1-Dec-2009
North Yorks council to explore sharing

27-Nov-2009
Barrow cleared over 'catalogue of damage'

26-Nov-2009
Councils lead on carbon reduction

26 November 2009
Whose residents are the greenest of them all?

26 November 2009
New Stoke chief promises more accountability

25-Nov-2009
Northants looks to save £100m and reshape role

25-Nov-2009
Cumbria set for EU flood relief

24-Nov-2009
Doncaster refuses to publish child review

24-Nov-2009
Ashfield agrees pay-off over 'push up' taunts

24-Nov-2009
Council takes health and safety lead

24-Nov-2009
Closer working call for Scottish councils and NHS

24-Nov-2009
Tories to extend recycling vouchers

24-Nov-2009
Boundary dispute caused by 'classroom error'

24-Nov-2009
West Lothian appoint FirstCare to provide absence management

23-Nov-2009
Kent gears up with Mayrise for road works

23-Nov-2009
Corporate information addressed with GGP software

23-Nov-2009
Bradshaw backs Birmingham's bid to bulldoze library

23-Nov-2009
Council whistleblower wins £440,000

23-Nov-2009
Leeds refuse strike ends after talks

23-Nov-2009
Westminster's top 10 reform wishlist

23-Nov-2009
Children in care after trafficking raids

23-Nov-2009
Cumbria chief seeks flooding aid

23-Nov-2009
Worcester appoints West Lindsey chief as MD

23-Nov-2009
Civil servant becomes council's finance chief

23-Nov-2009
Four close to victory in tight by-election

20-Nov-2009
Gravediggers' bonuses 'were wrong'

20-Nov-2009
Council to replace 4,000 computers

20-Nov-2009
Newcastle becomes UK's greenest city

19-Nov-2009
Hanningfield 'faces fraud charge'

19-Nov-2009
Stannard confirmed as Cumbria chief exec

19-Nov-2009
Case studies: Manchester & Lewisham

19 November 2009
Case studies: Newcastle & Lincolnshire

19 November 2009
Harrow plans spark ‘snoopers’ debate

19 November 2009
Council installs cameras in homes

18-Nov-2009
Council defends crowd crush response

17-Nov-2009
Livestock keeper jailed over drowned sheep

17-Nov-2009
Districts' lobby group in funding bid

17-Nov-2009
14,000 voters' details on stolen laptop

17-Nov-2009
Swindon is UK's first free internet town

17-Nov-2009
Councils step in after meals firm fails

16-Nov-2009
Tendring struggling to dismiss 'corrupt' tag

16-Nov-2009
Sheffield scoops 'Most Effective ICT Partnership' award

16-Nov-2009
First steps to replace Sandwell's Thomas

16-Nov-2009
Two councils' joint work 'saves £2m'

16-Nov-2009
Glasgow offers redundancy to over-50s

16-Nov-2009
Crompton to take top job at Haringey

15-Nov-2009
Council leader admits cheque thefts

13-Nov-2009
GOSS selected to deliver Sunderland's new website

13-Nov-2009
Speed of light broadband now live in Gateshead!

13-Nov-2009
Council's finance director suspended

13-Nov-2009
Talks after Brighton's waste strike

13-Nov-2009
Telford & Wrekin restructures 'to protect front line'

13-Nov-2009
Liverpool expects to axe 1,000

12-Nov-2009
Case Study: Bolton

12 November 2009
Councillors ‘yet to engage’ with efficiency

12 November 2009
Survey: what directors of children’s services said...

12 November 2009
Underspend plugs budget gaps

12 November 2009
Computer give-away scheme to begin

11-Nov-2009
Tributes pour in for James Hehir

11-Nov-2009
Damning children's services report for Warrington

11-Nov-2009
Clark warns of mass chief exodus

11-Nov-2009
Ipswich's James Hehir dies

11-Nov-2009
Survey shows social worker crisis intensifying

11-Nov-2009
Kent looks to save £200m

10-Nov-2009
Ofsted admits Sharon Shoesmith case error

10-Nov-2009
Allerdale's 'go compare' website initiative

10-Nov-2009
Norfolk districts explore joint services

10-Nov-2009
Brent signs up for data safety pledge

10-Nov-2009
South Tyneside chooses new chief

10-Nov-2009
Havering sign up Civica to deliver transformation savings

9-Nov-2009
Council under fire over 'army of snoopers'

9-Nov-2009
Now Brighton binmen launch strike

9-Nov-2009
Council and HSE criticised over gas risk

6-Nov-2009
Council defends Ripa power use

6-Nov-2009
Red card for councils' green fund bids

6-Nov-2009
North Tyneside chief heads for Wiltshire

6-Nov-2009
22 compete for City of Culture title

6-Nov-2009
Core cities join climate drive

6-Nov-2009
Top officers' pay freeze at Welsh council

6-Nov-2009
Leeds chief to retire

5-Nov-2009
Mayrise boosts street lighting in London Boroughs

5-Nov-2009
'Snooper's charter' challenged

5-Nov-2009
DH delays release of social care finance figures

5-Nov-2009
A ‘race to the bottom’ to freeze tax

5 November 2009
Budget pressures hit district harder

5 November 2009
Case study: East of England

5 November 2009
Integration should not always be seen as a magic bullet

5 November 2009
Joint chiefs were the obvious way forward

5 November 2009
Joint working can improve community services

5 November 2009
Londoners wooed with 0% promises

5 November 2009
Merger cost shunt risk remains

5 November 2009
New commissioning risks for councils

5 November 2009
Supply chain audit sparks service fears

5 November 2009
Somerset rules out annual pay hikes

4-Nov-2009
Nottinghamshire predicted to cut 450 jobs

4-Nov-2009
Tories tipped to scale back BSF

3-Nov-2009
John Schultz to leave Stockport

3-Nov-2009
Fresh talks over city bin strike

3-Nov-2009
Denham concern at city's WNF

3-Nov-2009
Council counts cost of Iceland collapse

3-Nov-2009
Council wins translation ruling

3-Nov-2009
Borough chief discloses pay package

2-Nov-2009
Birmingham could face £200m equal pay battle

2-Nov-2009
Big council loan saves development

2-Nov-2009
Joanne Roney heads Yorkshire RIEP

2-Nov-2009
4,200 local government jobs threatened in October

2-Nov-2009
H&F set to slash council tax again

2-Nov-2009
Stoke gives Harman £65k payoff

2-Nov-2009
Council denies parent park ban

30-Oct-2009
Listing bid fails for unloved tower

30-Oct-2009
More binmen vote to strike

30-Oct-2009
New chief executive for Somerset CC

29-Oct-2009
Council trials 'wave-and-pay' system

29-Oct-2009
Tories slam council's parking levy

29-Oct-2009
Cornwall savings 'dubious and unconfirmed'

29-Oct-2009
North East 'paradox' requires more local freedom

29-Oct-2009
Case Study: Kirklees Metropolitan Council

29 October 2009
Joint management expected to double

29 October 2009
Sharing chief executives - In practice

29 October 2009
Council considers buying squatters' land

28-Oct-2009
Councillors defend council newspapers

28-Oct-2009
Leeds bids to hire replacement binmen

28-Oct-2009
County cries foul over job cuts report

28-Oct-2009
Leeds goes retro with trolleybus scheme

27-Oct-2009
Council warning over rates increase

27-Oct-2009
Devon plans to shed 500 jobs

27-Oct-2009
Lib Dems unconvinced over elected mayors

27-Oct-2009
Leader stands down after 'Astragate'

27-Oct-2009
Big uplift for Brighton's bra appeal

27-Oct-2009
Council faces action over kerb plan

26-Oct-2009
800 more jobs to go at Birmingham

26-Oct-2009
Arrest prompts Sandwell MBC resignation

23-Oct-2009
Councillor disqualified over bullying

23-Oct-2009
Freer blasts Denham on LGCplus article

23-Oct-2009
Call for meeting over missing chief

23-Oct-2009
Senior staff get post-restructuring pay boost

23-Oct-2009
Council targets Halloween bad behaviour

23-Oct-2009
Prime Minister urges talks over bin strike

23-Oct-2009
Tories stay on top in council by-elections

23-Oct-2009
Cornwall's children's services 'inadequate'

23-Oct-2009
Magistrates rapped over council tax summonses

22-Oct-2009
Council chief in porn policy pledge

22-Oct-2009
Call for report on outsourcing about-turn

22-Oct-2009
Barnet proposals berated by Denham

22-Oct-2009
Abandon two-tier government

22 October 2009
Legislate for a strong integrated transport planning

22 October 2009
Local outsourcing is more than a PR exercise

22 October 2009
Looking locally at local efficiency

22 October 2009
Modernise health and social care with partnerships

22 October 2009
Move away from tick-box targets

22 October 2009
Transfer DWP and LSC functions

22 October 2009
'What takes up most of my time'

22 October 2009
'Why I’ll move out of local government"

22 October 2009
Council retracts fly-tip threat

21-Oct-2009
Striking refuse workers say no deal

21-Oct-2009
Joint chief executives save millions

21-Oct-2009
Smith appointed to succeed Singh at Ealing

21-Oct-2009
Barnet unveils its easyBorough model

21-Oct-2009
Barnet changes tack

20-Oct-2009
Plans for new public transport service go on show

20-Oct-2009
Deprivation blights housing regeneration

20-Oct-2009
Boundary Committee seeks greater Stoke cull

20-Oct-2009
Mouchel creates Masterplan for Rochdale town centre

20-Oct-2009
Claims against Shetland chief dismissed

20-Oct-2009
Anger over 'positive' Audit Commission findings

19-Oct-2009
Ward announces BURA resignation

19-Oct-2009
Council leader re-writes top job ad

19-Oct-2009
Balls defiant over Atkinson's new role

19-Oct-2009
Councils face IT switch headache

19-Oct-2009
Cornwall appoints interim children and quality chiefs

16-Oct-2009
Hodgson elected Mayor of Bedford

16-Oct-2009
Council loses first parental choice case

16-Oct-2009
Labour fends off BNP to hold Barnsley

16-Oct-2009
Councils launch Decent Homes challenge

16-Oct-2009
Strong leadership call for Scottish councils

16-Oct-2009
Government waste policy criticised

16-Oct-2009
Boost for battered council website

15-Oct-2009
AGMA's procurement awayday

15-Oct-2009
Case Study: Brighton and Hove

15 October 2009
Case Study: Essex matches services to PCT areas

15 October 2009
Denham unveils cash for cohesion

14-Oct-2009
Essex sets £300m savings target

14-Oct-2009
MPs criticise bin strike council leader

14-Oct-2009
Cuts after rise in referred children

14-Oct-2009
Public toilet amendment rejected

14-Oct-2009
Cambridgeshire moves towards congestion charge

14-Oct-2009
Council complains over BNP TV recording

14-Oct-2009
Gilbert faces MPs' grilling over Baby P

14-Oct-2009
Lib Dems may challenge council cuts

13-Oct-2009
County looks to £45m spending cutback

13-Oct-2009
Shoesmith sacking decision reserved

13-Oct-2009
Shoesmith lawyers demand Ofsted drafts

12-Oct-2009
Runway opponents welcome delay

12-Oct-2009
Councils accused over equal pay battles

12-Oct-2009
Birmingham child death toll 19

12-Oct-2009
Tasty take-up for free school meal pilot

12-Oct-2009
Balls defended over Shoesmith sacking

12-Oct-2009
Comms contract referred to district auditor

12-Oct-2009
Council results show Lib Dem gain

9-Oct-2009
Ofsted inspectors 'shocked by Haringey'

9-Oct-2009
Scottish council may cut 600 staff

9-Oct-2009
Marshall steps up at Ashfield

9-Oct-2009
Leader quits over car park abuse

9-Oct-2009
Six councils to pool legal teams

8-Oct-2009
Balls accused of witch hunt

8-Oct-2009
Council plans to extend CPO powers

8-Oct-2009
Council faces European court battle

8-Oct-2009
Cumbria slashes management team

8-Oct-2009
Drive to help struggling homeowners

8-Oct-2009
Councils told to do more to help jobless

8-Oct-2009
Darling and councils have similar objectives

8 October 2009
New inspection model in the wings

8 October 2009
Watchdog seeks to save CAA from Tory axe

8 October 2009
South West districts in joint insurance bid

7-Oct-2009
Council wins care home closure battle

7-Oct-2009
More talks over Leeds bin strike

7-Oct-2009
Conservatives vow to halt unitary bids

7-Oct-2009
Council's bankruptcy case criticised

7-Oct-2009
Shoesmith sacking 'breached natural justice'

7-Oct-2009
Haringey claims carbon target first

7-Oct-2009
Localis urges greater city powers

7-Oct-2009
Suspended sentence for Clement

6-Oct-2009
North Tyneside's futuristic new school

6-Oct-2009
Councils say no to debt transfer

6-Oct-2009
Spelman: Mayors could sack chief execs

5-Oct-2009
Council defends training ground deal

5-Oct-2009
Children's services slated by scrutiny report

5-Oct-2009
Haringey recruits US social workers

5-Oct-2009
Council pays child-abuse victims

2-Oct-2009
Top NHS manager takes council role

2-Oct-2009
Scotland says goodbye to Harry Constable

1-Oct-2009
Nottingham could ban all public drinking

1-Oct-2009
BNP members 'need careful handling'

1 October 2009
Three steps to boost local government

1 October 2009
Waste contract privacy bid rejected

1-Oct-2009
South Gloucestershire Council to shed 300 jobs

30-Sep-2009
Stoke set to name new chief

29-Sep-2009
Councils surpass efficiency targets

29-Sep-2009
Care home case adjourned

29-Sep-2009
Boston opts out of back office merger

29-Sep-2009
Westminster tells Healey to relax social housing restrictions

28-Sep-2009
District warns over financial "black hole"

25-Sep-2009
Notts pulls support for tram

25-Sep-2009
Hillingdon ponders taking ALMO in-house

25-Sep-2009
Westminster poised for new structure

24-Sep-2009
Workplace parking levy could be challenged in court

24-Sep-2009
Cuts in practice

24 September 2009
Treasuries retain Iceland advisers

24 September 2009
Hornbill to deliver IT in Kensington & Chelsea

22-Sep-2009
Bright Future for Bedfordshire

21-Sep-2009
Highspeed trains launched in Ashford

21-Sep-2009
Councils plan LAML Supreme Court bid

21-Sep-2009
Council's bus cameras ruled illegal

21-Sep-2009
Birmingham continues to defend new website

21-Sep-2009
Clegg slams Barnet over outsourcing

21-Sep-2009
Freer expects wardens' legal review to fail

21-Sep-2009
Bromsgrove and Redditch to share managers

21-Sep-2009
Straw 'unable' to stop vote changes

18-Sep-2009
Campaigning Hossack cleared of misconduct

18-Sep-2009
Southampton art sale despite protests

18-Sep-2009
Former county council leader disqualified

18-Sep-2009
Celebrities back council's tourist guide

18-Sep-2009
Kirklees cuts look to 'different organisation'

18-Sep-2009
Scottish council wins tax refund

18-Sep-2009
Essex absences managed by FirstCare

18-Sep-2009
GGP powers inform Blaby

18-Sep-2009
Harrow and shop4support rollout marketplace

18-Sep-2009
Troubleshooters start work on Anglesey

18-Sep-2009
Gilroy to leave Kent in May 2010

18-Sep-2009
Councils cut carbon emissions

18-Sep-2009
Council safeguards local football club

17-Sep-2009
Red tape cut for council road signs

17-Sep-2009
Local currency launched in Brixton

17-Sep-2009
Rubbish dumped at leader's home

17-Sep-2009
Predicted surge in demand for care homes

17-Sep-2009
Chiefs predict service area cuts

17 September 2009
Council seeks pioneering NHS merger

17 September 2009
Funding cuts dictate the agenda

17 September 2009
Planning for 35% cuts

17 September 2009
Gloucestershire councillor is police body chair

16-Sep-2009
London boroughs set to merge HR

16-Sep-2009
City seeks ban on right-wing rally

16-Sep-2009
Council helps fund bike-hire scheme

16-Sep-2009
Council launches tender for support services

16-Sep-2009
Councils hail downward push on pay

16-Sep-2009
Wiltshire climate change rebels voted down

15-Sep-2009
Hopkins secures twin chief executive role

15-Sep-2009
County criticised by neighbour over waste plan

15-Sep-2009
Council approves business parking levy plan

15-Sep-2009
Extra powers for Liverpool city region

15-Sep-2009
Councillors oppose climate change declaration

15-Sep-2009
Councils hit by fraud told to do more

15-Sep-2009
Hanged girl social services inquiry

15-Sep-2009
Councils' co-operation snares house fraudster

14-Sep-2009
Councils urged to make waste commitment

14-Sep-2009
Brighton claims iPhone first with bus app

14-Sep-2009
Council's joint venture with HCA

14-Sep-2009
Best traffic wardens rewarded

11-Sep-2009
Council may appeal £1m discrimination order

11-Sep-2009
Conservative councillor suspended for slur

11-Sep-2009
Council homes to be leased to charity

11-Sep-2009
No sanctions for breach of conduct code

11-Sep-2009
Osborne hails council chief executives

10-Sep-2009
Hi-tech response to anti-social behaviour

10-Sep-2009
Resort venues switching to a trust

10-Sep-2009
Sunderland backs England's tallest bridge

10-Sep-2009
Culture competition attracts 29 places

10-Sep-2009
Hilton is standing down at Staffordshire

10-Sep-2009
Corporate services: simplifying the system

10 September 2009
Essex Cares bidding for PCT role

10 September 2009
Keep focus on reform, says CIH

10 September 2009
Look locally to see Cameron's challenge

10 September 2009
Lower salary for Ryley's successor

10 September 2009
Tower Hamlets counters anti-terror cash claim

10 September 2009
Paul Snell to take control at GSCC

9-Sep-2009
Teenage boat scheme defended by council

9-Sep-2009
Three child protection services censured

9-Sep-2009
Large city councils urge high-speed rail links

9-Sep-2009
Bradford considers loan rescue request

9-Sep-2009
Judge slams council over child care

9-Sep-2009
More multi-area agreements signed

9-Sep-2009
Trevor Jones steps down after 40 years

9-Sep-2009
Healey unveils house funding as Commission questions priorities

9-Sep-2009
Councils accused over social workers' concerns

9-Sep-2009
VIDEO: Gym4Free

8-Sep-2009
Chief execs refuse to accept pay freeze

8-Sep-2009
County to review 600 senior managers

8-Sep-2009
Manchester move for football museum

8-Sep-2009
Call for random testing of expense claims

8-Sep-2009
Council staff help with clean-up

7-Sep-2009
Pleased to meet you

7-Sep-2009
Council buys offices for new HQ

7-Sep-2009
Waste reward pilot launched by council

7-Sep-2009
Council refuse workers on strike

7-Sep-2009
New serious case review for Doncaster

4-Sep-2009
Ian Clement charged with expenses fraud

4-Sep-2009
Virus hits council's computer network

4-Sep-2009
Haringey's O'Donovan to step down

3-Sep-2009
Gates to cut anti-social behaviour

3-Sep-2009
Judge concerned over council probe

3-Sep-2009
Phillips takes over as Eden leader

3-Sep-2009
Boris Johnson unveils low carbon zones

3-Sep-2009
Council staff to lose 'lift pay'

3-Sep-2009
Medway tests swine flu preparations

3-Sep-2009
Coastal boost for Welsh island

3-Sep-2009
Council facing corporate homicide claim

2-Sep-2009
City's free bus promotion 'successful'

2-Sep-2009
Time-wasting prompts Facebook ban

2-Sep-2009
New start for New Street station

2-Sep-2009
Lancashire Tories overturn Labour budget

2-Sep-2009
Council's compliance checks on HIPs

2-Sep-2009
National recognition for waste authority

1-Sep-2009
Charity award boosted funding status

1-Sep-2009
Council seeks votes on keeping graffiti

1-Sep-2009
Morton backs social workers' recruitment

1-Sep-2009
Barnet pushes on with welfare rights closure

28-Aug-2009
Barnet's 'budget airline' proposals grab the front pages

28-Aug-2009
Refuse workers to strike saying talks are over

28-Aug-2009
Tourism boss mounts fourth plinth as a pigeon

28-Aug-2009
Statements after Kirklees Serious Case Review

27-Aug-2009
Sheffield responds to Corus cuts

27-Aug-2009
Senior Carlisle managers agree to leave

27-Aug-2009
Stoke outlines plans for member cull

27-Aug-2009
Nottinghamshire waste case decision delayed

27-Aug-2009
Murdered child 'invisible' to agencies

27-Aug-2009
New contracts lift Serco profits 33%

27-Aug-2009
Councils look to waste partnership

27-Aug-2009
Council apology over 'unacceptable language'

27-Aug-2009
Boundary Committee pushes for earlier hearing

27 August 2009
Calls to save free council papers

27 August 2009
Council explores local iPhone app

27 August 2009
Denham goes after boomerang bosses

27 August 2009
Legal fears mount following Corby verdict

27 August 2009
Lord: new 4ps aims to influence

27 August 2009
Maldon mulls over chief-share option

27 August 2009
Top council staff face pay freeze

27 August 2009
Prescott blasts wind farm 'nimbys'

26-Aug-2009
New directors at Standards for England

26-Aug-2009
Nottingham fails to address staff concerns

26-Aug-2009
Leeds City Council in bin strike talks

26-Aug-2009
Council defends disclosing waste accounts

25-Aug-2009
Council backs police car theft tactics

25-Aug-2009
Birmingham defends swine flu claims

25-Aug-2009
Pavement injuries costing millions

25-Aug-2009
City objects to airport plans

25-Aug-2009
Council takes Lockerbie bail responsibility

25-Aug-2009
Personalisation programme launched

24-Aug-2009
Recession cuts council's refuse demand

24-Aug-2009
Council drops sunbeds over cancer fears

24-Aug-2009
Cosla rejects CBI finance claims

24-Aug-2009
Council seeks first use of infrastucture levy

21-Aug-2009
Council leader resigns following arrest

21-Aug-2009
Runnymede's new chief executive

21-Aug-2009
Council wins battle for swim centre

21-Aug-2009
Council accused over sunbeds

21-Aug-2009
Regeneration firm loses council funding

20-Aug-2009
Oxford wind turbine plans revealed

20-Aug-2009
Inquiry call over Cardiff's staff sickness

20-Aug-2009
County's growing demand for children's care

20-Aug-2009
Councils rebuff free swimming plan - again

20-Aug-2009
Cumbria chief to retire

19-Aug-2009
Leeds United asks council for loan

19-Aug-2009
Leader rapped over 'abandoned' car

19-Aug-2009
Council's cuts hit by legal fight

19-Aug-2009
Corby Borough Council: appeal against High Court judgment

19-Aug-2009
Corby to appeal negligence verdict

19-Aug-2009
Manchester Airport dismisses Ryanair cuts

18-Aug-2009
York to back a car-free day

18-Aug-2009
Council denies plan to pay private school fees

18-Aug-2009
Outsourcer botches council tax collection

18-Aug-2009
Copeland prepares for advisers

18-Aug-2009
NEET figures show rise in dropouts

18-Aug-2009
Corby considering negligence appeal

18-Aug-2009
Union warns of a 'Granny P' tragedy

18-Aug-2009
LGA unveils new board chairs

17-Aug-2009
Film boost for straitened councils

17-Aug-2009
London lands cultural services boost

17-Aug-2009
Photo card to fight property fraud

17-Aug-2009
Birmingham wins race for Usain Bolt

17-Aug-2009
Deal signed on county's BSF programme

17-Aug-2009
Lovell and Maple Grove for £35m Skipton development

17-Aug-2009
Lambeth issues Test match tout warning

17-Aug-2009
Council defends Cannes business trip

17-Aug-2009
Councils move to paperless offices

17-Aug-2009
HCA boss quits to join Stoke

17-Aug-2009
Council sorry for losing personal details

14-Aug-2009
'Bigot' row Tory finally wins LGA role

14-Aug-2009
Edinburgh tram dispute continues

14-Aug-2009
North Tyneside unveils jobs cull

14-Aug-2009
Corby's clean-up legal bill is £1.6m

14-Aug-2009
Merseyside docks regeneration approved

14-Aug-2009
Inspectors go into Copeland

14-Aug-2009
By-election row engulfs Tendring

14-Aug-2009
Grants to fight town centre blight

13-Aug-2009
Council rejects 'illegal camera' claims

13-Aug-2009
Contract for London bike scheme

13-Aug-2009
Council concern over £360m development

13-Aug-2009
New boss for failing Welsh council

13-Aug-2009
Stoke unveils BSF bidders

13-Aug-2009
Appeal could force service outsourcing

13 August 2009
Caring for final wishes

13 August 2009
Declarations of independence

13 August 2009
First Total Place pilots identify £10bn

13 August 2009
Joint work key to tackling downturn

13 August 2009
Looking ahead? Change is a certainty

13 August 2009
Norfolk faces £140m black hole

13 August 2009
Ousted Harding moves to health

13 August 2009
Tories could address two-tier in second term

13 August 2009
Wiltshire: reorganisation with purpose

13 August 2009
Fly-tipper swatted by council staff

12-Aug-2009
Leicester's community work praised

12-Aug-2009
Baby P father renews threat to sue

12-Aug-2009
Council invests in prevention plan

12-Aug-2009
Council criticised over file tampering

12-Aug-2009
Enfield backs bail hostel deal

12-Aug-2009
Fresh push on free swimming

12-Aug-2009
Cambridge's upbeat tune over festival

11-Aug-2009
Council considers film smoking rule

11-Aug-2009
BT to provide a voice for Norfolk

11-Aug-2009
Civica keeps traffic moving

11-Aug-2009
Southend-on-Sea embrace Civica

11-Aug-2009
Ex-leader ordered to repay expenses claim

11-Aug-2009
Shoesmith legal challenge is fast-tracked

11-Aug-2009
Net ads net thousands

10-Aug-2009
Fire report slams Decent Homes Programme

10-Aug-2009
Counter-terror programme 'flawed'

10-Aug-2009
Leader survives second no confidence vote

7-Aug-2009
North Tyneside's £14m black hole

6-Aug-2009
Councillors 'more truthful' than MPs

6-Aug-2009
Councils win Heathrow runway review

6-Aug-2009
There's no place like home

6-Aug-2009
Boston berated over performance

6 August 2009
Buchanan 'sought revenge' on Jones

6 August 2009
Corby weighs up £13m reclamation bill

6 August 2009
Council's workplace park levy go-ahead

6 August 2009
Districts need to find strength in numbers

6 August 2009
How councils can be streets ahead

6 August 2009
More reorganisation? Let battle commence

6 August 2009
Neath Port Talbot appoints new chief

6 August 2009
Problems for council after IT switch

6 August 2009
Two-tiers deserve some credit

6 August 2009
E.coli scare chip shop was 'zero' rated

5-Aug-2009
Social worker struck off over porn ruse

4-Aug-2009
Legal doubts hit council's bank plans

4-Aug-2009
CQC raises concerns over South Tyneside

4-Aug-2009
New guidance on community cohesion

4-Aug-2009
Manager quits after 38 years - by email

4-Aug-2009
Lancashire drops 'Labour' rose

4-Aug-2009
Birmingham names Amey in roads contract

4-Aug-2009
Council cuts back on its local newspaper

4-Aug-2009
Cornwall responds over airport closure

3-Aug-2009
Sheffield launches mayor consultation

3-Aug-2009
Essex in bid to seize quangos' powers

3-Aug-2009
Pickles: Chief executives should be axed

3-Aug-2009
Tragic anniversary sparks reform call

3-Aug-2009
Swindon is first to drop speed cameras

31-Jul-2009
Brent chief warns staff against complacency

31-Jul-2009
Appeal over Suffolk unitary ruling

31-Jul-2009
Darra Singh to quit Ealing

31-Jul-2009
Council's role in MAA challenged

31-Jul-2009
Council invites unpaid leave to cut costs

31-Jul-2009
Cumbria equal pay costs could soar

30-Jul-2009
Hampshire districts poised to share chief

30-Jul-2009
Kier preferred bidder for housing in Tyneside

30-Jul-2009
Corby considers reclamation appeal

30-Jul-2009
Council staff on swine flu alert

30 July 2009
Councils' social mobility role mooted

30 July 2009
Courses 'will fill skills gap'

30 July 2009
Departures at independent-run council

30 July 2009
Housing reform spells rising debts

30 July 2009
Jobs hits by concessionary fares

30 July 2009
London Councils' backlash over pay

30 July 2009
On the home front

30 July 2009
Report highlights poor quality data

30 July 2009
Taking the wider view with swine flu

30 July 2009
Powys plots merger with health board

29-Jul-2009
Brighton & Hove hires Barradell

29-Jul-2009
Brum plea as free meals demand soars

29-Jul-2009
Corby loses reclamation negligence case

29-Jul-2009
Hull's Ryley moving to Shropshire

28-Jul-2009
Kimber takes over at Rotherham

28-Jul-2009
Volunteers aid redundancy package

27-Jul-2009
How is your carbon footprint?

27-Jul-2009
Hanningfield faces standards complaint

27-Jul-2009
Council targets schools budget reserves

25-Jul-2009
Millions take the (free) plunge

24-Jul-2009
Council's pension pot fears allayed

24-Jul-2009
Hewitt Associates to run pension fund

24-Jul-2009
Brownlees confirmed at Telford & Wrekin

24-Jul-2009
Rowland confirmed at Newcastle

23-Jul-2009
Callender takes Trafford top job

23-Jul-2009
Gallagher quits Boston council

23-Jul-2009
Building on the best around the world

23 July 2009
Council launches older people's hotline

23 July 2009
Foreign affairs for local councils

23 July 2009
Growth incentive fund cut by third

23 July 2009
Help that’s child’s play

23 July 2009
Intervention at troubled council

23 July 2009
Ministers eye second wave of eco-towns

23 July 2009
Rule change sparks council tax fear

23 July 2009
Somerset chief talks about departure

23 July 2009
Sustainability plans take root

23 July 2009
Technology is key to transformation

23 July 2009
LGA warning over fares switch

22-Jul-2009
Recovery board imposed on Welsh council

22-Jul-2009
New powers for coastal authorities

21-Jul-2009
Newham leader attacks west London boroughs

20-Jul-2009
Union's pay plea to councillors

20-Jul-2009
Central Beds backs Carr for chief

17-Jul-2009
Buchanan disqualified

16-Jul-2009
Pitney Bowes to manage Lincolnshire's highways

16-Jul-2009
Civica wins ESPO contract

16-Jul-2009
Merton Council sets out new enforcement policy

16-Jul-2009
Hillingdon wins award for website

16-Jul-2009
Call for investigation as county pays £385,000 of invoices twice

16 July 2009
County unitary moves on hold

16 July 2009
Energy meters top priority

16 July 2009
In it together

16 July 2009
It’s the way you sell ’em

16 July 2009
LGA wins fight over red flag appeals

16 July 2009
Pathfinders’ work panned

16 July 2009
Thurrock told to get a grip

16 July 2009
Governent names new BSF entrants

15-Jul-2009
Welsh government steps in at Anglesey

15-Jul-2009
LGA calls for £7bn home insulation fund

14-Jul-2009
Sheffield announces £2bn highway project shortlist

14-Jul-2009
City of Culture competition launched

14-Jul-2009
Cockell appointed to Audit Commission board

13-Jul-2009
Outstanding volunteers get Gateshead award

13-Jul-2009
MPs raise fears over Scots council jobs portal

13-Jul-2009
Third 'Ways into Work' jobs fair held in Hackney

13-Jul-2009
Eco home proposal for former petrol station

13-Jul-2009
PFI projects reach close

13-Jul-2009
Knowsley contract Cyber Coach

10-Jul-2009
Unitary legal ruling favours Suffolk districts

10-Jul-2009
Fire union calls for blaze block inquiry

10-Jul-2009
Political infighting holds back West Dunbartonshire

10-Jul-2009
Alsop building funding secured

9-Jul-2009
South Yorks tourist board faces probe

9-Jul-2009
Midlands councils 'could save £700m'

9 July 2009
More concern over Haringey's services

9 July 2009
Orton takes over ALACE reins

9 July 2009
Radioactive waste for landfill sites?

9 July 2009
Recession hits welfare advice services

9 July 2009
Sacked Laird appeals over costs

9 July 2009
Somerset denies outsourcing inquiry

9 July 2009
Starring role for culture programme

9 July 2009
Three councils propose shared management

9 July 2009
Troubled council keeps finance in-house

9 July 2009
Civical sign contact with Sandwell

8-Jul-2009
Essex makes telecare free to over 85s

7-Jul-2009
Cumbrian district chief's post filled

7-Jul-2009
Four staff sacked over emails

7-Jul-2009
Canter is streets ahead in North Lincolnshire

7-Jul-2009
Mayrise maps Isle of Wight roads

7-Jul-2009
Fareham wins FLAME Centre of the Year

7-Jul-2009
Martin Smith's departure is confirmed

3-Jul-2009
Oxfordshire to axe 500 jobs

3-Jul-2009
Essex leader faces expenses probe

3-Jul-2009
Council pulls out of school place fraud case

3-Jul-2009
Few signs of local green shoots for councils

3-Jul-2009
David Cameron urges spending transparency

2-Jul-2009
A matter of mind

2 July 2009
Barnet's proposals begin to emerge

2-Jul-2009
Retiring chief exec blames councillors

2 July 2009
Whistle-blower councillor is suspended

2 July 2009
Senior figures demand wellbeing action

1-Jul-2009
Landmark housing case lost by council

1-Jul-2009
Council's 'spectacular failure' over child

1-Jul-2009
Improvement board for MK children's services

30-Jun-2009
Croydon team up with SAS to tackle drugs

30-Jun-2009
How do you squash yours?

30-Jun-2009
RMS keeps Irwell news flowing

30-Jun-2009
Civica to help Thrive Homes

30-Jun-2009
MPs tell ministers to push ADZs

30-Jun-2009
County ends care rating legal bid

30-Jun-2009
Liverpool's democracy commission reports

29-Jun-2009
BT launches sustainable workforce assessment

29-Jun-2009
Lancashire social network redefines youth image

29-Jun-2009
Somerset highways benefit from grid lift

29-Jun-2009
Survey finds 45% hike in care charges

29-Jun-2009
Surrey Heath site wins recognition

26-Jun-2009
Newcastle council axes 60 managers

26-Jun-2009
Agencies censured over Doncaster child deaths

26-Jun-2009
Mersey inquiry draws to a close

25-Jun-2009
English council tax collection rates fall

25-Jun-2009
A poacher's market for head hunters

25 June 2009
Denham warns of powers 'tests'

25 June 2009
Give Total Place a chance to prove itself

25 June 2009
Lucas calls for clarity on wellbeing

25 June 2009
Negligence tag removed from Iceland councils

25 June 2009
Pension funds hit by £14bn decline

25 June 2009
Sheffield bids to seize private derelict land

25 June 2009
Social work posts left unfilled

25 June 2009
West Midlands wins £129m waste backing

25 June 2009
Officers berated over Iceland investments

24-Jun-2009
Lawrie appointed by Midlothian

24-Jun-2009
IBM wins key Essex contract

24-Jun-2009
Youth unemployment to treble by 2011

24-Jun-2009
Council's bottled water buys African pump

23-Jun-2009
Service veterans backed by local charter

23-Jun-2009
Merton tenants vote for switch

23-Jun-2009
Councils admits laptop data breach

23-Jun-2009
North East celebrates Japanese links

23-Jun-2009
People 'unable to influence local decisions'

23-Jun-2009
Northgate sets up extra services for North Herts

23-Jun-2009
Johnson pledges fresh focus on nuisance neighbours

22-Jun-2009
Cheltenham BC decides not to appeal

19-Jun-2009
LGA poll backs wheelie bins

19-Jun-2009
New role for ex-East Staffs chief

19-Jun-2009
Wimbledon touts crackdown

19-Jun-2009
'Bullying' councillor refuses to say sorry

19-Jun-2009
Labour-Tory deal for Cumbria cabinet

18-Jun-2009
Borough to give £50 council tax hand-out

18-Jun-2009
Councillor suspended over bullying claim

18-Jun-2009
Call to back councils' reservists

18 June 2009
Charnwood's chief bows out

18 June 2009
Council's warning over court action

18 June 2009
Deal over chief executive's departure

18 June 2009
Good to have you back

18 June 2009
Prudence with powers

18 June 2009
South-west faces indefinite planning delay

18 June 2009
Inquiry into council-funded newspapers

17-Jun-2009
City council bags new homes cash

16-Jun-2009
Aberdeenshire cuts management team

16-Jun-2009
Council's security check after laptops are stolen

15-Jun-2009
Summersault helps Lincolnshire enjoy the whole story

15-Jun-2009
High Court challenge to south east plan

15-Jun-2009
Laird defeats Cheltenham lawsuit

15-Jun-2009
Nottingham job loss details emerge

12-Jun-2009
East Ayrshire get GGP Synchroniser

11-Jun-2009
Stoke to face Boundary Committee review

11-Jun-2009
Reaction to MPs' criticism over Iceland

11-Jun-2009
Iceland: MPs urge tighter controls

11 June 2009
In a league of his own

11 June 2009
Making less mean more in recession

11 June 2009
MD reassured over job loss fears

11 June 2009
New partnership to spur property efficiency

11 June 2009
Shared services: the FOSS way

11 June 2009
Thurrock still seeking a chief

11 June 2009
Tories in control look ahead

11 June 2009
Council backs nominated film

10-Jun-2009
A big vote for councils' websites

10-Jun-2009
Councils get cash to tackle smoking

10-Jun-2009
Objectors force festival switch

10-Jun-2009
Elections double councils' web traffic

9-Jun-2009
Cumbrian Tories choose group leader

8-Jun-2009
Cuts ahead as tenants choose status quo

8-Jun-2009
Finance students opt for public sector

8-Jun-2009
New chief executive for Derby

8-Jun-2009
Tory triumph as Labour suffers wipeout

5-Jun-2009
Shopkeeper told to employ English speaker

5-Jun-2009
Warning of council tax phone scam

4-Jun-2009
Councils' green challenge debated

4-Jun-2009
Council's library design on show at RA

4-Jun-2009
Private landlords register costed at £2.5bn

4-Jun-2009
Beyond disability

4 June 2009
Chance to rethink service delivery

4 June 2009
City joint venture sets £45m goal

4 June 2009
Council set to bail out Games

4 June 2009
Councillor guilty of debt misconduct

4 June 2009
Councillors' expenses published online

4 June 2009
Districts suffer LAA delay

4 June 2009
Eco-town advertisement 'misleading'

4 June 2009
Full job search for new chief exec

4 June 2009
Lawyers warn on capping challenge

4 June 2009
Mutuals to target pension funds

4 June 2009
No more Mr Nice Guys

4 June 2009
Only one council in back-to-work frame

4 June 2009
Push for bus fare transparency

4 June 2009
Reserves dented before recession hit

4 June 2009
Northgate delivers efficiencies for Bexley

3-Jun-2009
Bolton promised a battle on care changes

3-Jun-2009
Local politicians face expenses backlash

3-Jun-2009
Moodle provides dynamic eLearning in Wrexham

3-Jun-2009
Extra time for libraries inquiry

3-Jun-2009
How did they fare?

2-Jun-2009
New guidance on crime-fighting scrutiny

2-Jun-2009
Quest to clean up Wolverhampton's emails

2-Jun-2009
Aberdeen finance chief steps down

2-Jun-2009
Suffolk signs waste disposal contract

2-Jun-2009
Council considers 'green textiles' audit

2-Jun-2009
Housing density in England grows

1-Jun-2009
DWP's back-to-work partners unveiled

29-May-2009
Dangerous house taken over by council

29-May-2009
Morrison appoints new director at MPC

29-May-2009
Council rent row hits pier rebuild

29-May-2009
Council considers bus sell-off

29-May-2009
Richard Tracey critical of RMT strike action

28-May-2009
Ventcroft sign deal with Halton BC

28-May-2009
Mersey Gateway key to new nature reserve

28-May-2009
North Tyneside schools Shepherded into the future

28-May-2009
Innovative practice brings law society to Kent

28-May-2009
Claws out for a chief executive

28 May 2009
Costs warning over lower credit ratings

28 May 2009
DCLG berated over single status pay deals

28 May 2009
Districts sceptical over efficiency targets

28 May 2009
Election 09: It's no two-horse race

28 May 2009
Greater Manchester city region attacked

28 May 2009
Joint hospital and civic centre site backed

28 May 2009
Making action work

28 May 2009
Troubled council cuts posts

28 May 2009
Britannica teaches local authorities

27-May-2009
Sheffield aims to be England's healthiest city

27-May-2009
Cut councillor numbers, says ex-Welsh leader

27-May-2009
Cities seek bonds for regeneration cash

27-May-2009
Chief exec urges radical thinking

27-May-2009
Councils backing adventurous play

27-May-2009
Leaders' united plea over poll issues

27-May-2009
Overseas trips cost councils £3m

26-May-2009
Council wins key Green Belt case

26-May-2009
LSH scores hat-trick of property contracts

26-May-2009
Councils say Budget was bad for local government

22-May-2009
Getting together

22-May-2009
Mayrise powers Wigan's citizen helpline

22-May-2009
Laming: need for change is urgent

22-May-2009
Teacher's Tweets ruffle council feathers

22-May-2009
Anger at school uniform allowance cut

22-May-2009
Jackson takes over at Cambridge

21-May-2009
Pleasant gets permanent post

21-May-2009
Call for budgets balanced over three years

21 May 2009
Councils set for booze-busting powers

21 May 2009
Don't read all about it

21 May 2009
Suffolk reorganisation 'on track'

21 May 2009
Widening the net

21 May 2009
Council changes tack after best practice survey

20-May-2009
Council fined £10,000 over shock

20-May-2009
Case could herald change for children's services

20-May-2009
Council goes ahead with slimmed top tier

20-May-2009
Chelsea Flower Show award for council

19-May-2009
Iceland losses 'lower than feared'

19-May-2009
Whitby survives leadership challenge

19-May-2009
Councils jostle for World Cup roles

18-May-2009
Council apologises over abuse case

18-May-2009
Senior figures on innovation council

18-May-2009
Suffolk councils in fresh legal action

18-May-2009
Inquiry into major bridge project

18-May-2009
Council websites praised for accessibility

18-May-2009
Birmingham head faces leadership challenge

18-May-2009
New social care housing underway

15-May-2009
Three years to balance books plea

15-May-2009
London £23m job boost announced

14-May-2009
Southwark closes £200m BSF deal

14-May-2009
Language lesson councils named

14-May-2009
100,000 council job losses loom

14-May-2009
Fees and charges endorsed

14 May 2009
Shared service deal to be public

14 May 2009
Stoke's council faces all-out election

14-May-2009
Strategic commissioning - the whole picture

14 May 2009
The 4 June elections outlined

14 May 2009
X marks the spot for June 4

14 May 2009
Confusion surrounds Newcastle appointment

13-May-2009
District councils should be axed, says ex-minister

11-May-2009
Balls slams Tories over academies

7-May-2009
Anglesey whistleblower: No police action

7-May-2009
Wellings quitting Telford & Wrekin

7-May-2009
Winter criticised over absence

7-May-2009
Council denounces threats to staff

7-May-2009
'Negligent' wording to go

7-May-2009
Local banks gather pace

7-May-2009
Anglesey leader quits on medical advice

7-May-2009
Charter aims to heal London rift

7-May-2009
Clark: Give district chiefs a chance

7-May-2009
Council speeds up staff transfers

7-May-2009
Council's private letting plan panned by tenants

7-May-2009
Kemp defends embattled Somerset chief

7-May-2009
Watford council chief to step down

7-May-2009
Haringey sacks four over Baby P

28-Apr-2009
Shifting powers in the regions

16-Apr-2009
Reorganisation: Wiltshire united

9-Apr-2009
City region pilots welcomed

April 2009 - online articles
South-east outlines £600m boost to local economy

26-Mar-2009
Local Elections: Tories are in poll position

19-Mar-2009
Small can be beautiful

19-Mar-2009
Light touch regime for housing launched

21-Oct-2008
Councils get tough on catchment cheats

20-Oct-2008
Hinckley and Bosworth join with bluesky

9-Oct-2008
Councils strike gold

20-Aug-2008
LGCplus archive on Unitaries

20-Aug-2008

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