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Report: Poor relationship between social services and GPs

By Jamie Hailstone | 14 November 2013

More than half of all GPs rate their relationship with adult social services as either poor or un...

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Council confident developers will not bypass planners

By MJ Correspondent | 13 November 2013

Powers that would allow developers to bypass a council’s planning department are unlikely to be u...

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Auditing procurement U-turn by Government

By MJ Correspondent | 13 November 2013

The local government sector will be allowed to collectively procure auditing services after a Gov...

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Contract row showdown in Lancashire

By MJ Correspondent | 13 November 2013

Wrangling over the controversial relationship between Lancashire CC and its strategic partner BT ...

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Authorities in beef up call for bill

By Jonathan Werran | 13 November 2013

A cross-party coalition of councils has united behind lobbying efforts to strengthen the proposed...

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Council signs pioneering Post Office deal

By MJ reporter | 13 November 2013

A council has become the first in the country to sign a deal with the Post Office to allow reside...

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City threat to quit COSLA in cash row

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 November 2013

Aberdeen city councillors have threatened to quit COSLA in a row over funding with the Scottish G...

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Ofsted boss urges headteachers to take back control

By MJ reporter | 13 November 2013

Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has urged headteachers to take back control of their s...

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Whitehall 'must solve wefare contradictions'

By MJ Correspondent | 13 November 2013

The Government needs to ‘face up to the contradictions’ in its welfare reforms, an academic has t...