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Former chief claims 'hate campaign'

01 April 2009

Chancellor Alistair Darling has dumped plans to increase businesses rates by 5% this year, follow...

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'Costly' judicial reviews hit policies, says Healey

01 April 2009

Extensive use of judicial reviews by councils is undermining policy-making and imposing unnecessa...

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Soap Box

01 April 2009

They say history repeats itself – first as tragedy, then as farce. Well, for anyone following th...

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Plugged In

01 April 2009

My wife may lament that I am not [Hollywood heartthrob] George Clooney, but at the moment, I feel...

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District View

01 April 2009

As a local government chief executive, I often hear that, since the turn of the century, we have ...

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Why mayors are a bridge to the electorate

01 April 2009

Following an article in The MJ on the downside of directly-elected mayors, Bedford BC’s mayor, Fr...

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Those living in glass houses…

01 April 2009

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Window on the future

01 April 2009

Hazel Blears marks April Fools’ Day with the birth of CAAs,the new unitaries, the duty to involve...

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Why unitaries are the right way

01 April 2009

As the nine new unitary councils launch, local government minister, John Healey, rejects the arti...

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Mapping support

30 March 2009

Gathering data on local needs has helped Shropshire target its supporting people services, says P...