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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...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Call to review home school rules

By Dan Peters | 02 August 2016

Luton Council will call for a review of home education regulations in a letter to the Government ...

WHITEHALL

Lyons urges councils to tackle housing crisis

By Jamie Hailstone | 02 August 2016

A former chair of the Audit Commission has urged local authorities to take centre stage in tackli...