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18 September 2013

Style and local government very rarely are perceived to have much to do with each other.

FINANCE

Demand for talks over grant cut

By MJ Correspondent | 17 September 2013

The Local Government Association (LGA) wants talks with Whitehall over the proposed £200m cut to ...

WHITEHALL

Councils need powers to manage school places' pressures, survey shows

By Jonathan Werran | 17 September 2013

The need for a strategic ‘middle tier’ to oversee complex schools arrangements is vital, survey o...

FINANCE

Charities helping to save services, says survey

By Jamie Hailstone | 17 September 2013

Charities are playing a key role in helping save local services from closure, according to a new ...

FINANCE

Billions wasted as government staff search for lost documents

By Tom Bridge | 16 September 2013

Government, not-for-profit and public sector workers waste billions of pounds searching for lost ...

HEALTH

Councils face sexual health budget timebomb, experts warn

By Jonathan Werran | 16 September 2013

Local authorities risk share of £137bn public health costs if cuts to sexual health budgets impos...

FINANCE

Benn criticises Pickles over FOI

By MJ Correspondent | 16 September 2013

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has come under fire for its response t...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Ministers could act to break Northern Ireland council deadlock

By Jonathan Werran | 16 September 2013

Assembly ministers might intervene to break deadlock that threatens to scupper local government ...

FINANCE

LGA, Treasury in bonds agency battle

By MJ Correspondent | 13 September 2013

The Local Government Association (LGA) wants to launch a municipal bonds agency before the end of...

FINANCE

Council bosses defend children's homes policy

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 September 2013

Town hall chiefs have defended the policy of placing children in homes outside their local area.