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Leaders welcome drive to devolve skills

By MJ reporter | 16 October 2013

Council leaders have welcomed suggestions from Vince Cable that the skills agenda could be devolv...

FINANCE

LEP rejects NHB top slice cash

By MJ Correspondent | 16 October 2013

An East of England LEP is thought to have become one of the first to reject the proposed NHB top ...

BUSINESS

The road to recovery starts here

By Craig Dearden-Phillips | 16 October 2013

There is a lot local government can do to help to kick-start the local economy – starting with bo...

FINANCE

Bournemouth BC could offer mortgages

By Jamie Hailstone | 15 October 2013

Bournemouth BC looks set to become the latest local authority to offer mortgages with plans to se...

FINANCE

Building groups to repay workers

By Jamie Hailstone | 15 October 2013

Plans to offer compensation to blacklisted workers by eight local government contractors have bee...

FINANCE

IBM extends Smarter Cities programme

By Jamie Hailstone | 10 October 2013

Computing giant IBM has extended its Smarter Cities programme for another year.

BUSINESS

Cambridge & Counties Bank - Case Study

10 October 2013

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MP: Scrap city council's Capita partnership

By Jamie Hailstone | 09 October 2013

A Birmingham MP has called for the city council’s partnership with Capita to be scrapped.

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Home care comes under scrutiny

By Jamie Hailstone | 09 October 2013

The issue of how councils manage home care services has come under fresh scrutiny.

FINANCE

Council and commissioner to review portfolio

By MJ Correspondent | 07 October 2013

A councillor-turned-police and crime commissioner is driving forward a review of his former autho...