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Reaction: Councils call for 'fundamental' public sector reform

By MJ Correspondent | 19 March 2014

Council leaders have called for a ‘fundamental reform’ for the way the public sector works after ...

FINANCE

Budget backing for garden cities

19 March 2014

The creation of garden cities will help Chancellor George Osborne's Budget pledge to build more t...

ENVIRONMENT

£140m funding to improve flood defences

19 March 2014

Chancellor George Osborne has announced £140m of new funding to repair and maintain flood defence...

Osborne's truth drug Budget

19 March 2014

The Budget speech if George Osborne had taken a truth drug...

FINANCE

Budget a 'double whammy' for local government workers

19 March 2014

Chancellor George Osborne has warned there will be continued ‘ pay restraint’ in the public secto...

FINANCE

Budget 2014: No great surprise for local government

19 March 2014

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FINANCE

Budget 2014: 'More hard decisions, more cuts', says Osborne

By Jonathan Werran | 19 March 2014

Chancellor confirms austerity measures would have to continue through to the end of the next Parl...

FINANCE

G4S to pay £109m prison tagging settlement

By Jonathan Werran | 18 March 2014

Government contractor G4S has agreed to repay the Ministry of Justice £108.9m for overcharging on...

FINANCE

Call to fund councils through local VAT

By MJ Correspondent | 18 March 2014

‘Radical’ calls have been made for value added tax (VAT) to be used to fund local government.

FINANCE

Making council accounts user-friendly has cost

By MJ Correspondent | 18 March 2014

Criticism of ‘long and impenetrable’ local authority accounts has sparked a debate in the sector.