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Decommissioning the effective and responsible way

26 March 2013

The need to reduce total spend means decommissioning will be taking place in many localities, wri...

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Working together

By Martin Reeves | 25 March 2013

Up and down the country councils are finding new ways to work with the private sector, says Marti...

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Cameron endorses community budgets push

By Jonathan Werran | 25 March 2013

Prime minister David Cameron approves community budgets guide, saying Whitehall budget 'no match ...

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Culture change

25 March 2013

Paul Woods on the need to create lasting and independent and lasting income steams for council cu...

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NFI initiative helps rein in £1bn of public cash

25 March 2013

The Audit Commission’s National Fraud Initiative (NFI) has helped check more than £1bn of public ...

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Business rate system ripe for reform

25 March 2013

Vince Cable has hinted that the business rate system may be reformed as a survey of small firms r...

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Authority spending will struggle to meet baby boom, says NAO

By Jonathan Werran | 25 March 2013

Spending watchdogs have cast doubt on whether current levels of local authority funding are suffi...

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Pensions merger 'may prove costly' for Londoners

By Jonathan Werran | 25 March 2013

Plans to merge London boroughs’ pension pots could result in a £598 increase to the council tax b...

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Pickles urged to rethink rules for ousting chiefs

By Jonathan Werran | 25 March 2013

Local government bodies call on communities secretary to rethink plans to axe job protection meas...

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Lewis to roll out new community budgets

By Heather Jameson | 25 March 2013

Local government minister Brandon Lewis will call for councils to embark on the next round of com...

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