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Helping our cities soar

By George Ferguson | 19 March 2014

Bristol Mayor George Ferguson makes the case for giving cities full control over property taxes a...

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Tales of the undejected

By Stephen Taylor | 19 March 2014

Fast forward to May 2015: the Scottish referendum has been and gone, generating plenty of debate ...

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PluggedIN - Alex Thomson

By Alex Thomson | 19 March 2014

The use of public land has, once more, become an acute issue, with big implicaitons for local gov...

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District View by Allen Graham

By Allen Graham | 19 March 2014

Move toward the Single Fraud Investigatory Service is an opportunity for districts to take the le...

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Embracing our flexible future

By Cllr Sarah Hayward | 19 March 2014

Emma Stewart and Cllr Sarah Hayward discuss the brand new Timewise Councils employment initiative

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Timewise - case study

19 March 2014

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Learn from the public sector – not the private

By Alexander Stevenson | 19 March 2014

The public sector should focus on developing its own theories, methods and training to cope with ...

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G4S to pay £109m prison tagging settlement

By Jonathan Werran | 18 March 2014

Government contractor G4S has agreed to repay the Ministry of Justice £108.9m for overcharging on...

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Call to fund councils through local VAT

By MJ Correspondent | 18 March 2014

‘Radical’ calls have been made for value added tax (VAT) to be used to fund local government.

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Making council accounts user-friendly has cost

By MJ Correspondent | 18 March 2014

Criticism of ‘long and impenetrable’ local authority accounts has sparked a debate in the sector.