Brum names new interim chief
April 1, 2020
Barking and Dagenham LBC chief executive Chris Naylor has been named as interim chief executive of Birmingham City Council.
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Jenrick: Centres bring together public services in virus response
March 30, 2020
Strategic co-ordination centres are being formed across the country with the nation on an ‘emergency footing’ to tackle coronavirus.
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Care providers experience tenfold hike in costs of protective equipment
April 1, 2020
Suppliers of protective equipment are charging as much as 10 times the normal amount for their products as supplies grow scare, care companies have told the BBC.
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Outsourcers change coronavirus policy
April 1, 2020
Outsourcer Amey has U-turned to give full pay to workers off sick with coronavirus or those self-isolating during the current health emergency.
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Councils start to pay out business grants
April 1, 2020
Thousands of small firms have begun to receive £25,000 cash grants from councils as part of a £22bn government package in response to COVID-19.
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Transparency tools made available to pension schemes
April 1, 2020
The first standalone system to provide information on costs from different investment managers has been made available to every local government pension scheme (LGPS) and pool.
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Care providers in law change call
April 1, 2020
Care providers have pleaded with Prime Minister Boris Johnson to change the law to boost staff numbers in the sector during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Lawyers warn Deprivation of Liberty safeguards will be 'paralysed' by pandemic
March 31, 2020
COVID-19 will ‘paralyse’ the system of Deprivation of Liberty safeguards (DoLS), says the organisation for legal and governance council officers.
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EXCLUSIVE: No Whitehall standstill despite coronavirus
March 31, 2020
Whitehall officials have insisted that they want to make progress with other government business despite the coronavirus crisis.
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