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FINANCE

Legal experts fear impact of new transparency rules

By Jonathan Werran | 13 September 2012

Local government legal chiefs seek meeting with DCLG to raise ‘major concerns’ over new transpare...

WHITEHALL

Pensions' reform Bill published

By Jonathan Werran | 13 September 2012

Ministers publish legislation for reforming public service pensions - which unions have vowed to ...

FINANCE

Councils urged to close commissioning skills gap

By Jonathan Werran | 13 September 2012

Council chiefs should work with Whitehall to improve commissioning of public services, urges thin...

WHITEHALL

Kerswell lands civil service reform role

By Jonathan Werran | 12 September 2012

Former Kent CC managing director, Katherine Kerswell, appointed director general for civil servic...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Public sector employment plummets, figures show

By Jonathan Werran | 12 September 2012

Official figures reveal levels of public sector employment plummeted by 235,000 in the last three...

WHITEHALL

Will Whitehall sideline the new reform director?

12 September 2012

WHITEHALL

Poll highlights lack of trust in privatisation

By Jonathan Werran | 12 September 2012

Union chiefs have demanded an independent inquiry into privatisation, after a survey showed a lac...

WHITEHALL

Tighter auditing measures urged for schools

12 September 2012

Tighter local audit arrangements for free schools and academies are needed to stop embezzlement s...

WHITEHALL

The weight of evidence

By Jonathan Breckon | 12 September 2012

Councils need robust research and analysis,to help make the important decisions for local communi...

WHITEHALL

Government slammed for response to expanded scrutiny on public roles

12 September 2012

A group of Parliament's most influential MPs has criticised the Government's approach to key publ...