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BUSINESS

Capita chief quits as pre-tax profits plunge 33%

By James Evison | 08 March 2017

The chief executive of outsourcing giant Capita, Andy Parker, has stepped down following a 33% dr...

FINANCE

Give our councils control over the health service

By Sam Clayden | 08 March 2017

Control of the health service should be wrestled from the NHS and handed to local government to i...

FINANCE

More authorities plan to outsource fostering services

By Mark Conrad | 08 March 2017

More local authorities are poised to outsource their entire fostering and adoption services to ch...

HEALTH

CCG deal may create conflicts

By Mike Waites | 08 March 2017

Council officers taking leadership roles in a pioneering partnership with a clinical commissionin...

BUSINESS

HMRC tool is inconclusive

By Mark Conrad | 08 March 2017

Questions have been raised about the taxman’s new tool designed to assess the status of public se...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Budget plea for children's services cash

07 March 2017

Chancellor Phillip Hammond should not ignore over-stretched children’s services in tomorrow’s Bud...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Local government needs great leaders, says Miller

By Heather Jameson | 03 March 2017

Strong, vibrant communities need great leaders, both politically and managerially, to thrive, Jo ...

PLANNING

Tri-borough blow as chief executive to leave

By Dan Peters | 03 March 2017

The chief executive of Hammersmith & Fulham LBC will part company with the council in a move that...

HUMAN RESOURCES

A new approach to leadership

By Jody Goldsworthy | 03 March 2017

Councils need to embed skills of change leadership into their culture if they are to thrive and s...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Police speak to Liverpool chief about BT probe

By Sam Clayden | 01 March 2017

Senior officials at Liverpool City Council, including chief executive Ged Fitzgerald, have met wi...