Sexual health cuts spark rows with provider
Camden LBC and its sexual health services provider are at loggerheads over plans to close a contraceptive clinic that sees more than 20,000 patients a year.
View ArticleDfE backs scaling up of children's services
Government indicates support for proposals to deliver children’s social services at a combined authority level
View ArticleFreeze ends as almost 50% councils plan maximum tax hikes
LGC’s Council Tax Tracker finds 73% of eligible authorities plan to use precept
View ArticleThe lessons London can learn from Manchester
Mike Emmerich wonders if the capital can follow the lead of Greater Manchester
View ArticleMaking the right move
Providing more affordable homes in London is vitally important to its future success, say Richard Blakeway and Sir Steve Bullock
View ArticleIntegration: it’s good to share
The connection and relationships between boroughs is changing as they seek savings and better services. Mark Smulian reports
View ArticleA local approach to worklessness
Wandsworth LBC leader Ravi Govindia (Con) explains the steps his council is taking to get local residents back into work
View ArticleWe’re working to secure a better future
Haringey LBC leader Claire Kober (Lab) says tackling unemployment and attracting investment are priority issues if London is to continue to thrive
View ArticleHow London's councils took shape
Tony Travers looks back at the long and painful process of creating London’s 32 boroughs
View ArticleTransforming the capital’s future
London’s boroughs are spearheading truly innovative interventions - the journey towards devolution, closer partnerships and collaboration, and working ‘smarter’ to understand residents’ needs
View ArticleWhy London needs devolution
Mayor Boris Johnson and London Councils’ Jules Pipe argue that securing the capital’s future demands a radical new devolved settlement
View ArticleLabour looks to anti-blacklist rules for councils
Party feels guidance would avoid repeat of construction blacklisting scandal
View ArticleInner London benefits from 'perverse' distribution shift
Changes to the distribution of council cuts have benefited inner London boroughs that have been able to keep council tax low due to historic overfunding, it has been claimed.
View ArticleExclusive: Care home wage hikes outstrip precept cash by £348m
The majority of councils will struggle to fund the cost of the national living wage in their local care home sector through the social care precept, research shared exclusively with LGC suggests.
View ArticleWorkforce: People news and moves
Our round-up of local government’s latest appointments and departures
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