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Calls for Government to help councils lift PFI burden

By MJ Correspondent | 05 March 2014

The Government should take action on PFI, a senior director of finance has said.

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Finance directors call for reliable pensions data

By MJ Correspondent | 05 March 2014

‘Comprehensive’ data is needed before any structural reform of the Local Government Pension Schem...

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Government comes under fire for bonuses

By Jonathan Werran | 05 March 2014

Government departments have come under fire for paying performance bonuses to more than 160,000 o...

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PM 'must not have final say' on Whitehall posts

By Jonathan Werran | 05 March 2014

MPs have railed against proposals that would give the prime minister the effective right of veto ...

Corridors of Power: Councils putting up charges

05 March 2014

Dick Jones, public sector advisor at the Treasury, is enjoying a pint in the Red Lion with Centra...

Sawford raises high Costa living

05 March 2014

As a worried world watches Crimea, it’s good to see that there’s still enough media froth to reas...

Speed read

05 March 2014

Think of all the things that you could have done in the time it has taken you to read this unnece...

Mystery solved

05 March 2014

Local government is awash with conspiracy theories, unexplained happenings and mysteries that wou...

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Leading the charge

By Jamie Hailstone | 05 March 2014

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has called for the current council tax system to be replaced with ...

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Open books for accountability, CBI urges government suppliers

By Jonathan Werran | 05 March 2014

Spending watchdogs should audit government contracts with private sector firms, CBI recommends to...