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Is the standards framework a force for good or a waste of money?

04 February 2010

Kirsty Cole, a former president of the local government lawyers’ body, gives her own views on the...

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Conservatives square up to the inspectors

04 February 2010

The Audit Commission has launched a frantic damage-limitation exercise to counter claims it hired...

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We did it our way

04 February 2010

Ben Ticehurst describes how his council managed to deliver £24m in cash savings in three years, b...

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Battlelines are drawn over the future of inspection

04 February 2010

The LGA has issued its own comments on what shape the inspectorates could take. Michael Burton lo...

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PM backs demands for 'localist' agenda

04 February 2010

Prime minister Gordon Brown this week recognised local government’s ‘legitimate demand’ for devol...

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The times they are a-changing

03 February 2010

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The right approach to savings

29 January 2010

Efficiency is a matter for the corporate management team, not just departments or the beleaguered...

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Duty will force councils to enhance local skills

29 January 2010

Local councils will be forced by Whitehall to collate data on their business communities to impro...

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Web guru unveils new age in public access to service data

29 January 2010

The team behind Whitehall’s huge public data project, including ‘web’ inventor, Sir Tim Berners-L...

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Shared service deal left in tatters after three authorities withdraw

29 January 2010

An ambitious shared services project involving four councils and a fire service has collapsed aft...