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New legal duty for councils to support foster children

By Laura Sharman | 04 December 2013

Local authorities will be given a new legal duty to allow children to stay with foster families u...

FINANCE

Alexander: Infrastructure announcement is great news

By MJ Correspondent | 04 December 2013

The Government has outlined Key UK private and public sector investment opportunities over the ne...

Corridors of Power: The real Autumn Statement

04 December 2013

Treasury press adviser Julian Winnington-Smythe on the Autumn Statement after he accidentally too...

Tim's mind game

04 December 2013

Inhabitants of East Riding are fortunate enough to live in a district whose director of public he...

Where the art is

04 December 2013

Who would have thought Bradford MBC was sitting on millions of pounds in valuable paintings?

The Ballad of the Rochdale Pay Rise

04 December 2013

The press reacted with predictable outrage when the leadership of Rochdale BC proposed to increas...

Ken Livingstone returns

04 December 2013

Former GLC leader Ken Livingstone had never made a speech in his old County Hall offices since th...

FINANCE

AS2013: business rate relief and community budget roll-out likely

By Jonathan Werran | 03 December 2013

Chancellor to extend small firms business rates relief and extend roll-out of improved pooled-bud...

FINANCE

Think tank: Councils should have bigger minimum wage enforcement role

By Thomas Bridge | 03 December 2013

Councils should be granted a bigger role in ensuring local employers pay the national minimum wag...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

NAO: troubled families schemes fail payment-by-results test

By Mark Conrad | 03 December 2013

Spending watchdogs report poor design of payment-by-results will hamper intervention schemes for ...