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5 days ago · Support from Effective Energy Group for Local Authorities to Deliver £430m Sustainable Warmth Funded Energy Efficiency Projects. Effective Energy Group is now …
The cost of local authority trading companies | LocalGov
2 days ago · Local authority trading companies provide a model to deliver services under tight financial circumstances, says Paul Bell, UNISON’s national officer for local government. But at …
Majority of county councils to hike up council tax | LocalGov
1 day ago · Nine in ten county councils will have to raise council tax by the maximum permitted, the County Council Network (CCN) has warned. A survey of the CCN’s 37 members has …
Medway bids for city status | LocalGov
1 day ago · Image: Alexey Fedorenko / Shutterstock.com. The leader of Medway Council has called on the Government to grant Medway city status to prevent reorganisation leading to a …
Who’s leading the way on waste reduction and food climate action?
2 days ago · Annie Pickering, operations director at Climate Emergency UK, looks at which councils are leading the way when it comes to helping residents reduce waste. Following the …
Budget: Council chiefs call for ‘explicit clarity’ on NI increases
Oct 31, 2024 · Council leaders have welcomed the £1.3bn funding boost but called for clarity on protection from increases to employer National Insurance contributions.
Reeves to call for consolidation of £354bn council pension funds
Nov 11, 2024 · Image: Fred Duval / Shutterstock.com. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to announce plans to encourage more consolidation among the UK's local government pension …
New powers for councils to tackle empty shops | LocalGov
Nov 12, 2024 · Image: William Barton / Shutterstock.com Local authorities will get new powers next month to force landlords to rent out persistently empty high street properties.
Local Government Politics and Policy Updates | LocalGov
Michael 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 …
Revolutionising local government customer service | LocalGov
Feb 20, 2023 · After Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced the Government’s AI ambitions this week, Russell Goodenough, head of AI for CGI in the UK and Australia, discusses the benefits …