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HUMAN RESOURCES
Unions gear up for action as 'final' employers' offer is rejected
06 April 2016
Industrial action remains on the cards after Unison’s local government pay committee decided to k...
FINANCE
U-turn fears over 'unstable' Manchester devo powers
By Thomas Bridge | 06 April 2016
Greater Manchester’s ‘fragile’ devolved powers over health and social care budgets could be withd...
FINANCE
Planning community cohesion
By Gareth Greatrex | 06 April 2016
Contestants of the 2016 LG Challenge took to Derbyshire CC as the race to find the best future lo...
FINANCE
A first class economic journey
By Greg Clark | 06 April 2016
Writing exclusively for The MJ, Greg Clark explains why national GDP matters locally and how regi...
FINANCE
Call for 'radical rethink' of forced academisation
By Dan Peters | 05 April 2016
Labour has called for a ‘radical rethink’ of the forced academisation of all primary and secondar...
WHITEHALL
Local authorities forced into council tax support cuts
By Tom Bridge | 05 April 2016
Some 340,000 low-income families will face a council tax rise this month as England’s local autho...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Councils to use procurement to help steel
By Mark Whitehead | 04 April 2016
Councils have underlined their commitment to supporting communities through their buying policies...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Councils defend gagging orders
By Jamie Hailstone | 04 April 2016
Town halls have defended the use of ‘gagging orders’ after it was claimed more than 17,000 were s...
FINANCE
LGA defends 'difficult decisions' forced by cuts
By Dan Peters | 04 April 2016
The Local Government Association (LGA) has defended councils in England after research found spen...
FINANCE
Councils calculate cost of floods at £250m
By Mark Whitehead | 01 April 2016
The cost of damage caused by floods over the winter has reached nearly £250m and is still rising,...
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