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Auditors deliver a Christmas stuffing

17 December 2009

The Audit Commission has hit out at councils taking too long to publish their audited accounts, i...

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Whitehall must be 'redesigned' to become a top performer

17 December 2009

Whitehall is focused on delivering considerable efficiency savings, but has lost sight of its sta...

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Four stars emerge as new CAA regime names top-performers

17 December 2009

Four English councils have emerged from the first Comprehensive Area Assessments as providing ‘go...

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LGA demands re-think over Iceland bank's payout shock

17 December 2009

Furious Local Government Association officials are threatening legal action over a decision not t...

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£1.4bn savings through smarter procurement

17 December 2009

Better procurement by the public sector has saved the public purse £1.4bn, according to the Offic...

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Formula grant 'not working' says Richmond

15 December 2009

Richmond LBC has called on communities secretary, John Denham, to reform the way local government...

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Squeeze fails to dampen enthusiasm for a TIF

15 December 2009

Treasury officials are developing a legislative blueprint for the introduction of tax increment f...

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PFI deals 'a spent force' warns union

15 December 2009

British taxpayers are locked into £250bn of payments of PFI assets worth only one-quarter of that...

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Telephone scam on taxpayers

10 December 2009

The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has exposed a telephone scam targeting council taxpayers.

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Politicians rush to defend City after French assault

08 December 2009