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• Council leaders bid for improvement funding

  Ministers are 'minded to implement' LG Association proposals that would streamline national services for councils and help deliver savings.

  Added on: 26 August 2010
  

• Police reform plans outlined

  Plans to introduce directly elected police commissioners could divert money away from frontline services, council leaders have warned.

  Added on: 29 July 2010
  

• Winter review calls for snow guidance

  An independent review of how England coped with severe winter weather over the past two years is calling for guidance to reassure individuals they won’t be sued for clearing snow from pavements.

  Added on: 29 July 2010
  

• Academies bill becomes law

  The LG Association will continue to lobby for a new role for local authorities as commissioners of education, building on its work on the academies bill which became law this week.

  Added on: 29 July 2010
  

• Communities get new ‘right to build’

  Housing minister Grant Shapps is giving rural communities that want to build new homes the power to bypass the planning process.

  Added on: 29 July 2010
  

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