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Council chiefs' expenses to follow MPs into the spotlight

21 May 2009

Council chief executives could face the same public outrage as MPs, after a national newspaper as...

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Police authority set to fight precept capping

21 May 2009

Surrey Police Authority is pursuing a judicial review of ministers’ decision to cap its precept i...

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Union boss warns of 'tsunami' of spending cuts after election

21 May 2009

Whitehall must prepare for a ‘tsunami of cuts’ following next year’s general election, because th...

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The localist challenge

20 May 2009

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Soap Box

18 May 2009

Almost 30 years of Labour rule in Lancashire could end next month, bringing to power a controvers...

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Learning to save

18 May 2009

Children unable to attend school require expensive alternative education provision. But, as deman...

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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...