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Squawks of discontent at parrot coverage

04 September 2013

Diary hears squawks of discontent from King’s Lynn and West Norfolk BC after national press cover...

FINANCE

Scrap two-tier arrangements and start again in Essex, says Braintree leader

By Jonathan Werran | 04 September 2013

The leader of an Essex district council has called for a reorganisation that would see his own au...

FINANCE

Privacy group calls for edited electoral register to be scrapped

By Laura Sharman | 04 September 2013

More than 300 local authorities have sold people’s personal details to companies over the past fi...

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Derbyshire chief hits back at Pickles

By MJ Correspondent | 04 September 2013

A county council chief executive has hit back at claims by Eric Pickles that local authorities ar...

WHITEHALL

LGA warns of school places shortfall

By Heather Jameson | 04 September 2013

Local government leaders are calling for a dramatic shift in government policy in a bid to meet t...

FINANCE

DCLG leading way in lowering headcount

By MJ Correspondent | 04 September 2013

The DCLG is racing ahead of other Westminster counterparts in efforts to cut its workforce, accor...

FINANCE

Blow to three-council plan

By MJ Correspondent | 04 September 2013

The interim joint chief executive of Breckland and South Holland DCs will leave after failing to ...

FINANCE

End of line for busway dispute

By Jamie Hailstone | 04 September 2013

The long-running dispute between Cambridgeshire CC and BAM Nuttall over a guided busway project h...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Call for integration of migrants

By MJ Correspondent | 04 September 2013

The Government should focus on integrating migrants into communities instead of statistics, a thi...

FINANCE

Greens look into leaked tax plans

By MJ Correspondent | 04 September 2013

An idea to introduce a ‘progressive council tax’ that would lead to rich households paying more i...