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Judicial review go-ahead over council loan

By Jamie Hailstone | 04 December 2013

The owners of Coventry City Football Club have won their application for a judicial review into a...

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£700m joint venture to build 2,000 homes

By Jamie Hailstone | 04 December 2013

More than 2,000 homes are expected to be built in partnership with Liverpool and Salford councils...

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Chiefs demand 'devolution of funding'

By MJ Correspondent | 04 December 2013

Council directors have called for tomorrow’s Autumn Statement to deliver a ‘serious devolution of...

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Government urged to 'cut statutory burdens'

By Jonathan Werran | 04 December 2013

Local government chiefs have urged ministers to beef up the draft Deregulation Bill to help furth...

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Ministers facing defeat over military kit spend

By Jonathan Werran | 04 December 2013

Ministers are expected to admit defeat over plans to outsource the body responsible for overseein...

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New legal duty for councils to support foster children

By Laura Sharman | 04 December 2013

Local authorities will be given a new legal duty to allow children to stay with foster families u...

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Alexander: Infrastructure announcement is great news

By MJ Correspondent | 04 December 2013

The Government has outlined Key UK private and public sector investment opportunities over the ne...

Corridors of Power: The real Autumn Statement

04 December 2013

Treasury press adviser Julian Winnington-Smythe on the Autumn Statement after he accidentally too...

Tim's mind game

04 December 2013

Inhabitants of East Riding are fortunate enough to live in a district whose director of public he...

Where the art is

04 December 2013

Who would have thought Bradford MBC was sitting on millions of pounds in valuable paintings?