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Thursday 12 September 2019 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

People are living with the consequences of austerity every day – Gwynne

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Tuesday 27 August 2019 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Councils forced to overspend over £800m on children’s social care – Gwynne responds

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Thursday 15 August 2019 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Government funding cuts leading to increase in drug-related deaths – Andrew Gwynne responds

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Wednesday 7 August 2019 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Local Government shut out from crucial Brexit preparations – Andrew Gwynne

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Thursday 6 June 2019 Local Government / Valerie Vaz

Government refuses debate on murders of Northamptonshire toddlers

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Wednesday 5 June 2019 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Northants Council Leader must resign after reviews into toddler murders – Andrew Gwynne

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Tuesday 14 May 2019 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Austerity is so savage that the Government has been forced to effectively abolish one of their own Tory councils – Gwynne responds to Northamptonshire Council reorganisation

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Wednesday 27 March 2019 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Residents in Labour councils pay lower Council Tax than those in Tory controlled areas

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Sunday 10 March 2019 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Labour council leaders write to the Prime Minister criticising the Tories’ unravelling Stronger Towns announcement and calling for more funding in next week’s Spring Statement

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Tuesday 5 March 2019 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Towns Fund: More questions to answer

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Tuesday 5 March 2019 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Andrew Gwynne responds to news of Council Tax rise

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Monday 4 March 2019 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Report reveals shocking disposal of community assets under Tories – Gwynne

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Wednesday 6 February 2019 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

PAC exposes human and financial crisis – Andrew Gwynne

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Friday 1 February 2019 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Andrew Gwynne responds to LGA’s warning of £8 billion black hole

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Tuesday 29 January 2019 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

The Government has tried to sneak out this shoddy deal for our councils during the Brexit debate – Gwynne

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Tuesday 29 January 2019 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

These revelations have exposed the Tories at their very worst – Andrew Gwynne

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Monday 28 January 2019 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Andrew Gwynne responds to Centre for Cities report

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Thursday 10 January 2019 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Andrew Gwynne responds to NAO concerns about council and NHS budgets

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Thursday 13 December 2018 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Local government is under enormous pressure because of politically motivated Tory cuts – Andrew Gwynne

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Wednesday 14 November 2018 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Andrew Gwynne responds to the resignation of Surrey County Council leader

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Thursday 25 October 2018 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Andrew Gwynne responds to reports that the Government is considering a one-off sum to cover rising social care costs

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Monday 1 October 2018 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Andrew Gwynne responds to new warning by local government leaders that Council budgets will be cut by a third next year

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Monday 1 October 2018 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Research shows cuts causing enormous deficits and overspends in local government

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Wednesday 12 September 2018 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Today this Government abandoned the people of Somerset – Andrew Gwynne

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Tuesday 28 August 2018 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

After the first collapse of a local authority due to Tory cuts, these new councils are doomed to fail

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Thursday 16 August 2018 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Another Tory Council pushed into crisis due to funding cuts – Andrew Gwynne

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Thursday 9 August 2018 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

After the Northants vote, there are more council crises to come

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Friday 3 August 2018 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Andrew Gwynne responds to news that the former Conservative leader of Northamptonshire CC has quit the party

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Thursday 2 August 2018 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Government must stop this slow motion car crash – Andrew Gwynne

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Monday 30 July 2018 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Northamptonshire was allowed to fail – Andrew Gwynne

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Tuesday 24 July 2018 Local Government / Roberta Blackman-Woods

Roberta Blackman-Woods responds to today’s Planning Framework Written Statement

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Tuesday 24 July 2018 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Northants County Council bankrupt twice in six months

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Wednesday 13 June 2018 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

133,000 business rates appeals from 2010 remain unresolved – Andrew Gwynne responds to new LGA analysis

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Monday 16 April 2018 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

This Government has utterly failed local government – Andrew Gwynne

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Friday 13 April 2018 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Tory cuts have seen councils eat into their reserves – Andrew Gwynne

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Saturday 31 March 2018 Jeremy Corbyn / Local Government

Funding cost of child burials will provide dignity for bereaved families – Jeremy Corbyn

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Wednesday 28 March 2018 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Local people forced to pick up the slack as council tax bills soar – Gwynne

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Tuesday 20 March 2018 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Secretary of State gets his maths wrong twice – Andrew Gwynne

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Tuesday 20 March 2018 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Andrew Gwynne responds to LGA report

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Thursday 15 March 2018 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Tory Government turned a blind eye on Northamptonshire County Council – Gwynne

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Wednesday 14 March 2018 Local Government

Government is failing to show real progress has been made on tackling divisions in our society – Fovargue

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Friday 9 March 2018 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Tories have failed local government – Andrew Gwynne

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Saturday 3 March 2018 Economy / John McDonnell / Local Government

John McDonnell speech to Labour’s Regional Economic Conference in Southampton

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Wednesday 28 February 2018 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Andrew Gwynne responds to Northamptonshire CC budget

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Wednesday 28 February 2018 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

The Government can no longer ignore the crisis in Northamptonshire council – Gwynne

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Tuesday 27 February 2018 John McDonnell / Local Government

McDonnell demands Chancellor acts as even Hammond’s local council faces “crisis”

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Monday 19 February 2018 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Andrew Gwynne responds to news that Government sending in a commissioner to Buckinghamshire County Council

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Thursday 8 February 2018 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

After almost eight years of Tory cuts, councils are facing unprecedented pressures to balance their books – Gwynne

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Wednesday 7 February 2018 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government / Social Care

Social care services facing a £2.3 billion funding gap by 2020 – Andrew Gwynne

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Tuesday 6 February 2018 Andrew Gwynne / Local Government

Today’s announcement does nothing to address enormous funding gap facing councils – Andrew Gwynne

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