Knowsley Council and Liverpool City Council are set to enter into a unique arrangement to 'share' Knowsley's executive director of regeneration, economy and skills, Nick Kavanagh, in a temporary move agreed by the two councils' leaders.
Millions of pounds of council taxpayers’ money is being wasted dealing with litter lout motorists because of a loophole in the law, council leaders have warned.
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson and London Councils have today put forward plans for sweeping changes which could see London boroughs taking greater control of their housing budgets, as part of a proposed devolution package from Whitehall to London.
In a joint move today, the Mayor of London, London Councils and the London Assembly co-signed a letter sent to Eric Pickles, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, making a united case for further devolution to London from central government.
Rachel Allen, Business Improvement Officer at the London Borough of Merton was last night crowned the first ever winner of the national Local Government Challenge, by journalist and presenter, Jeremy Vine.
The winners of the Council Worker of the Year Awards 2010 were recognised at an awards ceremony last night on the final evening of the Local Government Group’s Annual Conference in Bournemouth.
Eric Pickles has used his speech at this year’s LGA conference to say that council job adverts should be published online to save money, increase transparency and help reduce pointless posts.
There was a time not so many years ago when, like many of its peers, Manchester was a major stock-owning council, but a series of stock transfers, two PFIs and the creation of the ALMO Northwards Housing transformed the social housing landscape in the city.
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Eric Pickles has today written to council leaders to tell them that he has instructed the Audit Commission and five other local inspectorates to stop Comprehensive Area Assessments (CAA).
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