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London Councils hit out at cash 'double whammy'

By MJ Correspondent | 17 January 2014

London is facing the ‘double whammy’ of disproportionately high funding cuts and dramatic increas...

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Calls grow to explain absence of council's chief executive

By Jonathan Werran | 16 January 2014

Somerset CC has been urged to explain why chief executive Sheila Wheeler is still not in post.

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Academy plans thwarted by council's court move

By MJ reporter | 16 January 2014

Barking & Dagenham LBC has won a court injunction to temporarily stop a school being turned into ...

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Survey highlights public health exodus

By Jamie Hailstone | 16 January 2014

A ‘considerable’ number of directors of public health have left the sector following its transfer...

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'Unworkable' proposed changes to job protection slammed by chiefs

By MJ Correspondent | 16 January 2014

The proposed overhaul of measures designed to protect council officials when they are being ouste...

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Cumbria CC warned over children's services

By MJ reporter | 16 January 2014

The Department for Education has issued an improvement notice to Cumbria CC over poor performance...

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Child abuse inquiry gets under way

By MJ reporter | 16 January 2014

The biggest public inquiry into child abuse ever held in the UK has started in Northern Ireland.

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Multi-agency work 'showing progress' within Coventry

By MJ Correspondent | 16 January 2014

Efforts to improve multi-agency working in Coventry have been made in the wake of the Daniel Pelk...

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Labour pledges to boost number of homes

By MJ reporter | 16 January 2014

An incoming Labour Government would commit to building 200,000 new homes a year by 2020.

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Two Director Roles

16 January 2014