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WHITEHALL
Sturgeon's City Deal plea to Cameron
By Jamie Hailstone | 22 January 2016
Scotland’s First Minister has urged David Cameron to sign a multi-million pound city deal for Abe...
WHITEHALL
Councils urged to move fast on bonds agency
By Dan Peters | 22 January 2016
Councils have been urged to ‘move as fast as possible’ to sort paperwork that would allow them to...
FINANCE
Clark: Treasury demanded efficiency plans
By Dan Peters | 21 January 2016
The requirement for councils to draw up an efficiency plan in return for securing a four-year set...
FINANCE
Health MJ: £1bn pledge for mental health strategy
19 January 2016
The Prime Minister has promised almost £1bn over the next five years ‘to take on the taboo of poo...
FINANCE
'Let authorities tackle low-level offenders'
By Mark Whitehead | 19 January 2016
Responsibility for low-level offenders should be handed over to local authorities, according to t...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Demand to halt payments for school conversions
By Mark Whitehead | 19 January 2016
Councils should no longer be forced to pay for the cost of schools converting into academies, loc...
FINANCE
Fears raised as uncertainty clouds funding settlement
By Dan Peters | 19 January 2016
Government plans to create financial certainty through a four-year funding settlement have been u...
WHITEHALL
Simplifying procurement will assist business bids
By Jamie Hailstone | 19 January 2016
The local government minister has pledged to make the procurement process faster and less bureauc...
FINANCE
No contract for Highland Council
By Jamie Hailstone | 19 January 2016
The Scottish Government has refused to let Highland Council buy out a series of school constructi...
HEALTH
Health/social care integration top of council bosses' agenda
By Jamie Hailstone | 19 January 2016
The integration of health and social care is at the top of the agenda for almost all council boss...
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