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WHITEHALL

Joining the Wight fight

02 August 2016

Local government requests for more money struggle to be heard in the corridors of Whitehall.

DCLG

A gong for Westlake

02 August 2016

The news headlines were dominated at the weekend with stories about David Cameron’s resignation h...

WHITEHALL

Corridors of power

02 August 2016

Whitehall mandarins Sir Timothy Bates-Smith and Sir Jeremy Jackson-Browne are enjoying an evening...

WHITEHALL

Tax rules threat to interims

By Heather Jameson | 02 August 2016

Government plans to change the tax rules for public sector interim managers have been attacked as...

WHITEHALL

Councils hit back at asylum slur

By Dan Peters | 02 August 2016

Councils have dismissed a report that suggested they were ‘not pulling their weight’ in resettlin...

Nuttall to step down at S Ribble

By Jamie Hailstone | 02 August 2016

The chief executive of South Ribble BC has announced he is stepping down after 25 years at the lo...

FINANCE

Councils' outsourcing deals up 84%

By Jamie Hailstone | 02 August 2016

The total value of outsourcing contracts signed by councils has soared in the last year, accordin...

FINANCE

DCs to fund joint probe

By Jamie Hailstone | 02 August 2016

District councils in Northamptonshire have agreed to jointly fund an investigation into local gov...

WHITEHALL

'Devo's here to stay,' says minister

By Jamie Hailstone | 02 August 2016

The new Northern Power-house minister has insisted the devolution project is ‘here to stay’.

HEALTH

Charities' plea for overhaul of social care services

By Jamie Hailstone | 02 August 2016

A coalition of 16 Scottish charities has called for a major overhaul of Scotland’s social care su...