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WHITEHALL

Green light for pension poolers

By Jamie Hailstone | 11 April 2016

Two local government pension schemes have been given the green light by the Financial Conduct Aut...

WHITEHALL

Right to buy amendment 'extends secretary of state's powers'

By Sam Clayden | 07 April 2016

New amendments to the Housing and Planning Bill could widen the secretary of state’s powers to fo...

WHITEHALL

Steelworks: procurement policy 'too little too late'

By Mark Whitehead | 06 April 2016

The MP for an area that lost its steelworks has accused the Government of trying to ‘pass the buc...

WHITEHALL

Council denies dumping 'illegal' schools evidence

By Mark Whitehead | 06 April 2016

A London council has rejected claims by a national newspaper that it destroyed evidence of more t...

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...

WHITEHALL

Email dominated society

06 April 2016

Diary does have a serious side and is always concerned to hear about chief executives’ bulging in...

WHITEHALL

Whitehall will be 'unable' to police social care precept

By Dan Peters | 06 April 2016

Government will struggle to monitor whether councils spend the social care precept on its intende...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Dudley chief welcomes commissioner intervention

By Dan Peters | 06 April 2016

Dudley MBC’s chief executive has welcomed a government decision to send in a commissioner to turn...

FINANCE

Corbyn kicks off local election campaign

By Sam Clayden | 05 April 2016

Jeremy Corbyn has kicked off his party’s local election campaign by attacking the Government’s ac...

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...

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