Solace - Page 53

By Dan Peters | 17 June 2015

Senior officials leading national work on the Better Care Fund (BCF) are in the dark about the Go...

WHITEHALL

Business rates reform 'must not harm councils'

By Dan Peters | 17 June 2015

Council chiefs have warned business rate reforms must not have a negative impact on local authori...

DCLG

DCLG has no plans to cut number of LEPs

By Dan Peters | 09 June 2015

Ministers have ‘no plans’ to reduce the number of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), the Depar...

FINANCE

Minister: Sector faces tough next spending round

By Dan Peters | 04 June 2015

New local government minister Marcus Jones has warned the sector it faces a ‘tough’ next spending...

HEALTH

NHS poll shows 99% believe cuts will damage services

By Dan Peters | 03 June 2015

A poll of senior NHS professionals has found 99% believe cuts to social care funding are putting ...

HEALTH

Propelling the boost to self-sufficiency

By Dan Peters | 03 June 2015

Dr Jo Farrar, chief executive of Bath & North Somerset Council, is an advocate of progress and pr...

BUSINESS

Decentralisation could be mired in confusion

By MJ reporter | 27 May 2015

Confusion reigns, according to some local government figures over possible county devolution deal...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Dealer's choice

By Jonathan Werran | 19 May 2015

City devolution seized the news agenda last week with the chancellor’s announcement of a City Dev...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Off-payroll work defended

By Jonathan Werran | 13 May 2015

Children’s services chiefs have defended the use of hiring expert troubleshooters on controversia...

PAY

A farewell letter to Eric Pickles…

13 May 2015

The MJ's editorial director Michael Burton pens a personal letter to the previous communities sec...

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