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Two-tier pathfinder seeks head

30 May 2007

One of the five two-tier pathfinder bids announced by minister Ruth Kelly in March has become the...

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IT'S A HANGING MATTER SAY DISTRICTS

30 May 2007

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A merger or an acquisition?

29 May 2007

Mark Lawrie looks at how councils can learn from successful private sector mergers when it comes ...

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Revaluation by stealth

25 May 2007

Following Nick Raynsford’s allegations in The MJ (3 May) that the Tory party has attacked governm...

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The mayor's made for Mansfield

25 May 2007

Mansfield DC has a directly-elected mayor, a system which is ideal for the authority, its managin...

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District View

25 May 2007

In the aftermath of the election, with seven new members, Stratford DC’s staff and councillors ar...

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What we think of Blair and Brown

25 May 2007

A cross-section of chief executives and one leader from the Yorkshire and Humber regions recently...

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We can work it out

24 May 2007

While some councils are busy fighting it out over reorganisation, others are quietly blazing a tr...

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Soapbox

24 May 2007

Last week, I went to visit an authority in Blogshire. Blogshire is in one of the best-rated Engli...

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IDeA flags up skills shortages

24 May 2007

Social care, environmental health and planning are among the top 10 skills shortages within local...