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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 ...

Dead parrot's society

02 April 2014

For people of a certain age, death can mean only one thing - the Monty Python parrot sketch.

FINANCE

Data wiped at probed public/private partnership - claims

By MJ Correspondent | 02 April 2014

Data was intentionally wiped by staff at the largest public/private partnership of its kind in th...

FINANCE

Tower Hamlets mayor seeks to rebut Panorama accusations

By Jonathan Werran | 01 April 2014

Lutfur Rahman, the under fire mayor of Tower Hamlets LBC refutes a series of allegations broadca...

FINANCE

Core Cities back down on threat to leave LGA

By Heather Jameson | 01 April 2014

All but one of the core cities have stayed in the Local Government Association, despite their mas...

FINANCE

Local control of Whitehall spend is next step to fiscal freedom, cities minister tells MPs

By Jonathan Werran | 01 April 2014

Local control over billion pounds worth of Whitehall budgets should form the next step to the age...

FINANCE

MJ Future Forum: CIPFA chief says 2016/17 looks nigh on impossible for some councils

By MJ Correspondent | 31 March 2014

The 2016/17 financial year ‘looks nigh on impossible’ for a number of councils, the chief executi...

FINANCE

675,000 households face council tax hikes as CTB transition money ends

By Jonathan Werran | 31 March 2014

Nearly 700,000 working-age households face the prospect of average £120 increases in council tax ...

BUSINESS

Global IT to help troubled families

By Jamie Hailstone | 31 March 2014

The Government’s Troubled Families programme and new technology are helping to break down barrier...