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Housing benefit overpaid by more than £1bn

By Jonathan Werran | 22 January 2014

More than £1bn was overpaid in housing benefit (HB) last year, official figures issued by the Gov...

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Hodge: Academies' value for money not looked at until the s*** hits the fan

By Jonathan Werran | 22 January 2014

Spending watchdogs have refused to give the Department for Education’s (DfE) financial accounts a...

Four Wheel Drive Woman: Tarquin takes over

22 January 2014

Yo what’s up!

No belief in small measures

22 January 2014

Being a public health communications guru must be a tough gig.

The signs are looking bad

22 January 2014

You would have thought the good people of Cambridge are among the brightest in the land.

The Great British Cake Off

22 January 2014

First there was the Great British Bake Off and now it seems local government is getting in on the...

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Windsor & Maidenhead go for five-in-a-row council tax cuts

By Jonathan Werran | 22 January 2014

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council has proposed a 2% reduction in council tax in...

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Staffordshire PCC pushing for police council tax freeze

By Jonathan Werran | 21 January 2014

Matthew Ellis has proposed a zero increase on the police council tax precept for Staffordshire.

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LGiU: councils should step up to personal debt crisis

By Jonathan Werran | 21 January 2014

Local authorities should stand up as community leaders to tackle a growing personal debt crisis a...

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Pre-election calls for greater council housing investment

By Jonathan Werran | 20 January 2014

The next Government must make the construction of new council housing a priority to avoid a crisi...