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Drawing up high standards

15 May 2009

As Westminster faces an outcry over MPs’ expenses, David Prince asks why local government has not...

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Councils await local newspaper decision

15 May 2009

Councils will find out next month if their bid to enter local media markets contravenes competiti...

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Time runs out for Stoke as minister intervenes

15 May 2009

Local government minister, John Healey, intervened at Stoke on Trent City Council, because member...

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Plugged In

14 May 2009

The recent Budget merely confirmed what most of us already knew – the years of massive investment...

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No more 'negligent'

14 May 2009

Last week, Havering LBC launched its bid to get the Audit Commission to make a U-turn over its de...

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Procurement revolution will come at a price

14 May 2009

Managing the commissioning process will require even more officer skills as budgets grow ever tig...

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Councils urged to drive new jobs to beat slump

14 May 2009

Councils must take the lead on job creation in a bid to help push the country out of recession, l...

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The hole in the body politic

14 May 2009

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Will the next big council buzz word be 'decommissioning'?

13 May 2009

The public spending crisis means difficult decisions will need to be taken about whether to provi...

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Divided we fall

13 May 2009

Are the health and local government sectors working as best they can together? Michael Burton joi...