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Councils will pick up the tab for benefit cuts

By Nick Raynsford | 25 January 2012

The localisation of housing benefit is a disaster in the making, says Nick Raynsford.

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Producing annual accounts is wasting money

By Alistair Montgomery | 25 January 2012

Increased demands for financial information have made councils' annual accounts too costly, Cllr ...

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New London procurement framework launched

By Jonathan Werran | 20 January 2012

A new wide-ranging procurement framework for councils in London is set to be launched by the ‘tri...

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District is latest to unveil help for first time buyers

18 January 2012

Chichester DC has become the latest authority to launch a scheme helping first time buyers into t...

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Bonds could lead to LGPS funding for UK investment

By Jonathan Werran | 18 January 2012

Plans to launch a collective municipal bonds agency could obviate chancellor George Osborne's nee...

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The conscious issue of council overheads

By Mike Suarez | 17 January 2012

Mike Suarez looks at how council overheads and service level agreements have become conscious iss...

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Scottish workers win equal pay battle

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 January 2012

Edinburgh City Council agrees multi-million pound settlement for hundreds of authority workers in...

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Sector welcomes Local Finance Bill

By Jonathan Werran | 13 January 2012

Ambitions of local finance Bill lauded, but concerns remain over top-ups and set-aside after seco...

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Use of council pension schemes risks more PFI failure, MPs warn

By Jonathan Werran | 13 January 2012

Treasury Committee warns plans to use council pension pots as ‘back door’ way of funding infrastr...

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How academies will affect councils

By John Nash | 13 January 2012

Children's services director John Nash takes a critical look at the academies programme and its i...

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