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Council seeks to allay fears over chemical weapons disposal

By Jamie Hailstone | 22 January 2014

Cheshire West and Chester Council has sought to reassure residents over the disposal of Syria’s c...

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LGA considers backing local public accounts committees

By MJ Correspondent | 22 January 2014

The Local Government Association (LGA) is considering backing the creation of local public accoun...

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Calls for politics to be removed from local government finance

By MJ Correspondent | 22 January 2014

The Government is facing mounting calls to take politics out of local government finance.

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Cuts force councils to use New Homes Bonus to 'prop up services'

By MJ Correspondent | 22 January 2014

Government cuts to council funding are forcing local authorities to use money from the NHB to ‘pr...

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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...