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ECONOMIC GROWTH

London's business district under threat by new planning laws

By Laura Sharman | 16 June 2011

London's status as a world-class business environment threatened by changes to planning.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Barnet banks on Big Society

By Dermott Calpin | 16 June 2011

London’s ‘easy council’ Barnet has set up a Big Society Innovation Bank and is inviting bids for ...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Time to let go

By Heather Jameson | 15 June 2011

MPs have delivered a damning verdict on ministers' failure to give councils real powers in the Lo...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Give elected mayors more powers to drive economic growth, says IfG

15 June 2011

Elected mayors should receive greater powers, enabling them to take difficult decisions which sup...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Union advises city council intervention

By Luke Barras-Hill | 15 June 2011

Unite is urging Liverpool City Council to take action over the administration of social housing c...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Why neighbourhood planning is an opportunity for councils

14 June 2011

DCLG decentralisation minister Greg Clark explains why he believes the new planning system will b...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Every little helps at Eland House

10 June 2011

Diary is tickled by the news communities secretary Eric Pickles wishes to transform the foyer of ...

FINANCE

Public sector wage freeze begins to bite, salary figures show

By Jonathan Werran | 09 June 2011

Ongoing public sector salary freezes are causing continued reductions in take home pay, figures r...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Shadowy figures

By John Stewart | 08 June 2011

Government plans to impose mayoral referendums have not been thought out properly, say George Jon...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Whitehall 'to leave no stone unturned' in selling surplus land

By Jonathan Werran | 08 June 2011

Whitehall departments will publish plans releasing thousands of acres of derelict buildings and u...

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Head of Democratic Services, Elections & Monitoring Officer

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