HUMOUR

White Van Man . . . on the nanny state

By MJ reporter | 01 August 2014

I thought we were supposed to be rolling back the nanny state.

HUMOUR

Feeling guilty

By MJ reporter | 01 August 2014

As we all know, liberating stationery from the office cupboard and taking it home is a very bad t...

HUMOUR

In sickness and in health

By MJ reporter | 01 August 2014

Council leaders are sometimes accused of being married to their jobs.

HUMOUR

Grassing on councils

By MJ reporter | 01 August 2014

Councils can rarely win when it comes to media coverage.

FINANCE

ERG 'must improve savings'

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 August 2014

The Government’s efficiency taskforce needs to improve some of its processes behind how it calcul...

WHITEHALL

Car fleets to go electric with £5m funding

By MJ reporter | 01 August 2014

The Government has announced a £5m scheme to help Whitehall departments go green and start using ...

WHITEHALL

Minister's pledge for fairer school funding

By MJ reporter | 01 August 2014

Schools minister David Laws has pledged to make schools funding fairer in the next Parliament.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Cities partnership calls for new powers and freedoms

By MJ Correspondent | 01 August 2014

The Core Cities group has launched a new partnership with the eight local enterprise partnerships...

IMPROVEMENT

Palestinian flag ripped down amid storm of criticism

By MJ reporter | 31 July 2014

A Palestinian flag flying at Tower Hamlets LBC has been ripped down after drawing an angry response.

Plan to form body for Northern City Regions

By MJ Correspondent | 31 July 2014

A Council for Northern City Regions could be formed by the five combined authorities to help reba...