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Council leader helps woman stuck in a jam

20 August 2013

Local government gets a pretty bum rap for its use of social media.

Blockbuster with bite

20 August 2013

People love sharks.

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Shared Lives carers win cash from new Government fund

By Thomas Bridge | 20 August 2013

A social care organisation has been awarded more than £140,000 from a new Government fund to prom...

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'Critical friend' for York's care home project

By Laura Sharman | 19 August 2013

York City Council has appointed a ‘critical friend’ to help it create two new care homes and a co...

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Better controls urged to raise tax take by £20bn

By Jonathan Werran | 19 August 2013

Local government chiefs have urged national tax authorities to be as efficient in collecting levi...

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Norfolk's head of children's services promises radical improvements

By Laura Sharman | 19 August 2013

The new interim director of children’s services at Norfolk CC has pledged to ‘radically improve’ ...

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Pickles boasts of achievements in 'end of term' letter

By Laura Sharman | 19 August 2013

Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has boasted of the achievements of his department since the Ge...

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LGA: Youngsters being failed by national job schemes

By MJ Correspondent | 19 August 2013

Young people are being failed by nationally-run job schemes designed to help them, the Local Gove...

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Four director posts to be scrapped at Council of the Isles of Scilly

By MJ Correspondent | 16 August 2013

Four director-level posts will be scrapped at the Council of the Isles of Scilly as part of a res...

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Wiltshire improves child protection services

By Laura Sharman | 16 August 2013

Wiltshire Council has managed to improve its child protection services following an ‘inadequate’ ...