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FINANCE

£600k welfare reform fund launched

By MJ reporter | 02 April 2014

The Scottish Government has launched a new £600,000 fund to help councils ‘mitigate’ the effects ...

FINANCE

Division of audit tasks to boost councils

By MJ reporter | 02 April 2014

Local authorities are to see their audit fees decrease by a further 25% from 2015/16.

FINANCE

Government tax 'sweetener' ensures 60% council tax freeze

By Jonathan Werran | 02 April 2014

The number of councils accepting the Government cash grant to freeze council tax in 2014/15 has r...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Assembly rejects Boris' housing plans

By Heather Jameson | 02 April 2014

Boris Johnson is ‘the only person left in London’ who doesn’t understand that the housing market ...

FINANCE

Atos quits £500m government disability test contract

By Jonathan Werran | 02 April 2014

Outsourcing company Atos has pulled out of a deal to assess whether sick and disabled people are ...

FINANCE

Whitehall chiefs blamed for delays to spending cuts

By Jonathan Werran | 02 April 2014

A failure of political leadership at the top of the civil service could damage plans to speed up ...

FINANCE

Authorities' pilots offer guidance on how to apply UC

By Jonathan Werran | 02 April 2014

Welfare ministers have launched a handbook providing advice to local authorities on implementing ...

Corridors of Power: Osborne's full employment target

02 April 2014

Labour advisers Jake Smith and Sally Underwood are catching up over a skinny latte in Victoria St...

Khan apologises for Pickles joke

02 April 2014

Shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan had to apologise to Eric Pickles last week after publishing o...

A bit of a mayor

02 April 2014

In today’s maudlin world, with its pathetic insistence on authenticity, Diary is always happy to ...