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WEB23/09/2024. Chancellor Rachel Reeves has vowed ‘there will be no return to austerity' at the Labour Party Conference. Councils work to manage impact from collapse of major contractor. Localis: Counterproductive ‘tax landscape’ threatens pubs. Council leader steps down after bullying accusation.
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WEBMichael Burton. Michael Burton has been writing and commenting on local government and the public sector for over 25 years as editor and since 2011 editorial director of The MJ plus its portfolio of associated local government titles including themj.co.uk, LocalGov and Surveyor.. He is the author of The Politics of Public Sector Reform from Thatcher to the Coalition (Palgrave Macmillan.
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WEBApr 3, 2024 · LocalGov - Tag AI. Data Automation & AI Conference for Local Authorities. 02/11/2023. A free Local Authority conference being hosted by Data Analytics specialists, Destin Solutions, later this month promises to shine the spotlight on how ground-breaking data optimisation and artificial intelligence solutions represent the future of Council revenue generation and minimising loss.
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WEBJul 25, 2024 · Local government culture funding is under threat ‘due to the multitude of funding streams as well as the system for funding bids’, the LGA warns. Implementation of five-year local housing deals by 2025 would lead to 200,000 additional social homes being built over the next three decades, report finds. Major reforms introduced a decade ago ...
Parish councils can apply to £150m Community Ownership Fund
WEBMay 12, 2023 · Parish councils are now able to apply to the multi-million-pound Community Ownership Fund. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) today launched the third round of its £150m Community Ownership Fund. The aim of the fund is to help community projects to save local assets, such as …
New index reveals most and least prosperous local authorities
WEBMay 13, 2021 · A new index to track the Government's progress on its 'levelling up' agenda has been launched today by a think tank. The Legatum Institute has published the UK Prosperity Index revealing the prosperity of every local authority in the UK highlighting considerable variation between and within regions.. It reveals that the most prosperous regions of the UK are the South East, South West, and East ...
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WEBJan 10, 2018 · Support from Effective Energy Group for Local Authorities to Deliver £430m Sustainable Warmth Funded Energy Efficiency Projects. Effective Energy Group is now offering its support to the 40 Local Authorities who have received a share of the £430m to deliver their projects on the ground by surveying properties and installing measures.
The role of a local government councillor | LocalGov
WEBNov 18, 2013 · Councillors have personal, individual and collective responsibilities for their council’s activities. In addition, as members of political groups or as independents, councillors will express political values and support the policies of the group to which they belong. Individual councillors do not have the authority to make decisions on behalf ...
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WEBJul 12, 2023 · Politics and Policy News. A councillor has been arrested on suspicion of encouraging murder after comments at a counter-protest in London this week. A survey of councils in the south of England shows a sharp rise in the number of children being educated at home. Agencies are set to consider flood …
Changes to food waste collection and recycling: What actions do ...
WEBMay 17, 2022 · The Environment Act 2021 became law in November 2021, introducing changes to waste collection so that recyclable household waste (which includes food waste) must be ‘collected separately from other household waste’. Food waste itself must be collected at least once a week. Timescales.