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Met needs ‘urgent action’ to avoid S114
5 hours ago — The report warns that “the council still has the ability to avoid a s114 notice, but not if it continues as it is currently”. While Dudley agreed a lawful budget for 2024-25, this is dependent on finding £15.5m of savings, says the report, which notes that in previous years “the savings programme has been much lower, and delivery weak”.
New Solace chair and president revealed
5 hours ago — Calderdale MBC chief executive Robin Tuddenham is set to become the new president of the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives & Senior Managers (Solace), it has been confirmed. Mr Tuddenham will take over from Dorset Council chief executive Matt Prosser when his two year turn comes to an end in January.
Keith Onslow: A period of silence from LGPS pools would be most …
4 days ago — I was delighted to see William Bourne’s recent LGC article, and in particular his last paragraph requesting that the government speaks to the decision makers, namely LGPS funds, and not the pools, who have seemed to run their own agenda in the last couple of years – very often in contrast to their own shareholders.. The whole basis of both this and the previous governments’ reviews of ...
Sudden death of former LLG president
Oct 7, 2024 — Lawyers in Local Government has announced the “untimely and sudden” death of former president Suki Binjal this morning. Ms Binjal was president of LLG from 2017-19 and had been a public sector solicitor for over 25 years working at councils including most recently Hackney LBC and Northumberland Council. She was currently acting as one of ...
Ministers must set out what devolution is for
Oct 8, 2024 — LGC understands government is talking to the existing combined authorities about its plans. While this is to be welcomed, it will cause concern in some quarters that the new system will continue to be as city centric as the current model of devolution to mayoral combined authorities. LGC’s devolution map has found continued disquiet among ...
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The importance of cultural intelligence in leadership. Digital transformation: ‘Progress is unmistakeable but uneven’. Winter fuel allowance cut is another blow to universal services. Opinion featured on Local Government Chronicle, the magazine for local government officers, covering finance, law, housing, and regeneration.
The Local Authority Podcast - Local Government Chronicle (LGC)
The Local Authority is the leading local government podcast from LGC. Each month we bring together leaders and changemakers from within and around local government to discuss the most significant social challenges facing the sector. Each episode is produced with a …
New government should tread carefully on LGPS reforms
Jul 24, 2024 — The new government must tread carefully, and concentrate on creating better investment opportunities in the UK rather than dictating targets. Its predecessor put increasing pressure on the LGPS to invest in its preferred asset classes and geographies. It knew it was unlikely to be in power in 10 years’ time if this resulted in pension funds ...
LGC Briefing - Local Government Chronicle (LGC)
LGC Briefing: A digest of each day's most important local government stories and why they matter, covering politics and policy, devolution and economic growth, finance, service reform and delivery, efficiency, governance and structure, workforce, regeneration and planning, housing, children and healthcare, and environmental issues.