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Supreme challenge over wellbeing

25 September 2009

Harrow LBC and Brent LBC are set to launch a Supreme Court challenge against an Appeal Court ruli...

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Making savings with 'no cost' to services

24 September 2009

Two councils have announced efficiency savings running into millions of pounds that will not hit ...

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Surrey loses its dunce's cap

24 September 2009

Judged the worst-performing county in the last CPA because of failings in children’s services, Su...

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Signing up with the culture club

24 September 2009

For a small district, Fenland DC has learned to think big. Heather Jameson attended a recent cult...

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Would we start from here

24 September 2009

If you were designing local government, you wouldn’t create what we have now, argues Stephen Tayl...

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Never look a gift horse...

22 September 2009

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Authorities get fraud warning

22 September 2009

Councils must do more to fight fraud after the Audit Commission claimed £90m is lost to false cou...

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Doubts over CAA impact

22 September 2009

Council leaders have challenged Audit Commission inspectors to ‘up their game’ if area assessment...

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Audit Commission chief raises questions over ministers' staying power

22 September 2009

Ministers change jobs so quickly they are unable to successfully transform public services, accor...

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Tories vow to empower councils in major shake-up

22 September 2009

The shadow chancellor has pledged to significantly cut the headcount in Whitehall and deliver a ‘...