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As you will know there were significant changes to employers national insurance contributions in last week’s budget.  We have been pressing MHCLG officials for clarification and after initially saying they thought our councils would be compensated they emailed us yesterday the following unhelpful reply:
“Following up on our exchange yesterday about Read more…

AS the nights draw in, motorists in East Sussex are being urged to be #DeerAware and avoid collisions with animals on rural roads.
There are estimated to be more than 74,000 deer-related traffic collisions across the UK every year, and that risk increases during mating season in October and November.
As part Read more…

Today (24 October), the Deputy Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP, announced in her speech to the Local Government Association Annual Conference and Exhibition 2024, the launch of a government consultation on enabling remote attendance and proxy voting at council meetings.
This consultation seeks views on the detail and Read more…

Councils could soon be able to suspend members who violate codes of conduct and will no longer be required to publish the home addresses of councillors, the Deputy Prime Minister told the Local Government Association (LGA) conference.
In the keynote address of the conference, Angela Rayner announced that the Government will Read more…

The Local Government Association has informed us that the National Joint Council for Local Government Services (NJC) has agreed on pay rates applicable from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025.
Some of the key information includes:
Further information can be found on the NALC website below – be sure to create Read more…