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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Services may be spared government takeover

By Jamie Hailstone | 12 April 2016

Norfolk CC’s troubled children’s services department could be spared from a government takeover.

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Minister opens door to MATs

By Jamie Hailstone | 12 April 2016

Schools minister Nick Gibb has said he would support the idea of some local authorities launching...

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Solar farm purchase is back on the agenda

By Jamie Hailstone | 12 April 2016

Forest Heath DC is to look again at investing almost £15m in a proposed solar farm, despite rulin...

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Merger deal creates one of UK's biggest housebuilders

By Jamie Hailstone | 12 April 2016

Brandon Lewis has welcomed plans for three housing associations to merge and launch their own tra...

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Meggs gets deputy role

12 April 2016

Rotherham MBC has announced the appointment of Mel Meggs to the new role of deputy director of ch...

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Leeds to manage Syrians' relocation

By Tom Bridge | 12 April 2016

Leeds City Council has been approached by the Home Office to help manage an eight-year relocation...

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Authority's plan to save UK steel sector

By Tom Bridge | 12 April 2016

Newcastle City Council has produced a four-point plan on how to save the UK steel industry.

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'Worst Bill in decades' faces peers pummelling

By Sam Clayden | 12 April 2016

Lords hope to inflict more damage to the Housing and Planning Bill tomorrow and pile further pres...

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Call for government to review council tax support barriers

By Dan Peters | 12 April 2016

The Government should remove barriers that are preventing local council tax support (LCTS) scheme...

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Lords defeat Whitehall's starter homes plan

By Sam Clayden | 12 April 2016

The House of Lords has defeated parts of the Government’s starter homes policy.

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