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BUSINESS

Bradford turns to Hemingway

By Dan Peters | 28 October 2014

Bradford MDC’s city solicitor Suzan Hemingway has been appointed as the council’s interim chief e...

FINANCE

Balls gets mansion tax warning

By Dan Peters | 28 October 2014

The leader of Kensington and Chelsea RLBC Cllr Nick Paget-Brown has urged shadow chancellor Ed Ba...

FINANCE

Exclusive: Stark warning issued over 'broken' finances

By Heather Jameson | 28 October 2014

Local government is facing the ‘last throw of the dice’ for reforming its finance system, accordi...

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...