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WHITEHALL

Government reassurance after pensions petition

By Laura Sharman | 20 April 2016

Councils will not be forced to invest their pension funds into infrastructure schemes, the Govern...

FINANCE

NAO warns 'significant' devo questions still to be answered

By Thomas Bridge | 20 April 2016

Auditors have urged the Government to answer ‘significant’ accountability questions surrounding d...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Retention confusion gives chiefs doubts

By Heather Jameson | 19 April 2016

Local government chief executives are sceptical the Government will push through its plan to hand...

WHITEHALL

Two-tier devolution crisis

By Heather Jameson | 19 April 2016

Norfolk leader claims ‘top down’ government will kill off East Anglia deal.

HEALTH

Council denies quitting health partnership

By Heather Jameson | 19 April 2016

Somerset CC has insisted it is fully committed to working with its local health partners after it...

WHITEHALL

Councils' rage at being cut out of schools funding plans

By Jamie Hailstone | 19 April 2016

Government plans to cut councils out of the schools funding equation have come in for sharp criti...

ENVIRONMENT

NAO slams Green Deal's efficiency programme's failure to deliver

19 April 2016

The National Audit Office (NAO) has slated the Government’s axed Green Deal home efficiency progr...

LEGAL

Tower Hamlets campaigners to mount prosecution

19 April 2016

Tower Hamlets campaigners are looking to launch a private prosecution after police claimed there ...

HEALTH

Health study raises concerns devo 'fad' will not deliver

19 April 2016

The current ‘fad’ for devolving healthcare ‘promises a lot but delivers little,’ a think-tank has...

'Too many plans for integration' condemned

By Sam Clayden | 19 April 2016

Social care directors have criticised the number of NHS programmes seeking integration.