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Councils struggle to balance budgets, watchdog finds

By Laura Sharman | 28 March 2013

Scottish Accounts Commission says councils may have to reconsider decisions they had ruled out in...

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A graph of hope for the embattled Treasury

By Michael Burton | 28 March 2013

The only way we can develop graphs of hope is if the Government abandons its silo approach to pro...

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The issue of youth unemployment

By Paul O'Brien | 28 March 2013

We are in danger of consigning a generation of our young people to a long-term position on the 's...

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Austerity should not mean poor housing

By Neil Euesden | 27 March 2013

Housing management is not just about money and performance; it is about communities, according to...

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Scots councils recoup £22.7m from Icelandic ventures

27 March 2013

Just under half the £46.5m invested in Icelandic banks by Scottish local authorities has been rec...

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Salary changes

27 March 2013

Ealing LBC has renegotiated terms and conditions affecting 3,000 members of staff with trade unio...

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Cleared of fraud

27 March 2013

Metropolitan Police investigation has found no evidence of electoral fraud in Tower Hamlet's the ...

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Londoners 'hardest hit' by household benefit cap

By Jonathan Werran | 27 March 2013

London is likely to be hardest hit by reforms to the welfare system says the umbrella group repre...

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Cameron backs guide for community budgets

27 March 2013

David Cameron has endorsed a guide to community budgets written to help other local authorities d...

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Think tank calls for 'fund of funds' to develop urban areas

By Jonathan Werran | 27 March 2013

A leading think tank, supported by the European Investment Bank, has urged the Government to esta...

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