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WHITEHALL

Manchester leader condems BIS as barrier to devolution

By Dan Peters | 28 October 2014

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has come under fire from a leading advoc...

BUSINESS

Squeeze on audit timetable risks strain on councils and auditors

By Dan Peters | 28 October 2014

Concerned councils fear their finance functions will be put under further strain by plans to sque...

BUSINESS

Community bank will help fund frontline services

By Dan Peters | 28 October 2014

A council that is aiming to create a fully-fledged community bank hopes it will be an ‘inspiratio...

WHITEHALL

NAPF calls for tax reforms on infrastructure investment

By Dan Peters | 28 October 2014

More needs to be done to make investing in infrastructure attractive and cost-efficient, local au...

Leeds gets the X-Factor

28 October 2014

It’s that time of year again when The MJ newsdesk gets overwhelmed with invites to the switching ...

REORGANISATION

Name check rain check?

28 October 2014

Until now, South Park has been a fictional town in Colorado famous for the repeated killing of Ke...

WHITEHALL

Eric's Russian around

28 October 2014

For a secretary of state whose strident, if increasingly incoherent tirades against too frequentl...

FINANCE

Translators required!

28 October 2014

According to tabloid reports last week, council reports are harder to understand than Stephen Haw...

FINANCE

Hammersmith and Fulham calls time on bi-borough chief role

By Jonathan Werran | 28 October 2014

Hammersmith and Fulham LBC has pulled out of shared chief executive arrangements with West London...

HEALTH

Call for national mental health prevention strategy

By Dan Peters | 28 October 2014

The next government should introduce a national strategy to ensure councils work to prevent menta...