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BUSINESS

Councils should hire a 'public entrepreneur' - report

By Dan Peters | 25 July 2018

All councils should appoint a ‘public entrepreneur’ to lead innovation and transformation, a repo...

WHITEHALL

May to back north of Tyne combined authority

By Mark Conrad | 23 July 2018

Prime minister Theresa May will today give the go-ahead for the creation of the north of Tyne com...

BUSINESS

Chain ferry contract secured

By Martin Ford | 20 July 2018

Wight Shipyard has secured a contract to make improvements to a chain ferry for Isle of Wight Cou...

BUSINESS

Complex outsourcing 'not an excuse to exclude public'

By Mark Conrad | 20 July 2018

Increasingly complex modern outsourcing is not an excuse to exclude the public from the design of...

BUSINESS

Zurich questions indemnity mutual

By Dan Peters | 19 July 2018

A major local government insurer has welcomed the sector’s plans for a new mutual but questioned ...

WHITEHALL

Ministerial question mark over outsourcing

By Heather Jameson | 18 July 2018

Two government ministers last week warned councils not to be too reliant on single suppliers. Hea...

BUSINESS

Sunak questions outsourcing model

By Heather Jameson | 17 July 2018

Conservative local government minister Rishi Sunak has questioned the current model of outsourcin...

BUSINESS

Relief after sleep-in ruling

By Dan Peters | 13 July 2018

Council leaders have expressed their relief after a legal decision today not to count sleep-in sh...

BUSINESS

CIPFA president warns of trust breakdown

By Heather Jameson | 11 July 2018

There has been a ‘universal breakdown in trust’ in public services, the incoming president of the...

BUSINESS

EXCLUSIVE: Council faces tribunal flood

By Mark Conrad | 11 July 2018

Lancashire CC is facing a deluge of employment tribunal claims from disgruntled former managers a...