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Council chief compared to David Brent

15 August 2013

Sometimes it can be hard to find the right words in local government so spare a thought for Wigan...

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Exclusive: Doncaster aims to go it alone to provide children's services

By Heather Jameson | 15 August 2013

Doncaster MBC has asked the Government to let it set up its own children’s trust as it claims the...

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Care bosses defend children's care charges

By Jamie Hailstone | 15 August 2013

Care bosses have defended the use of charging for some aspects of children’s social care after Wo...

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Exclusive: Councils report delays to citizenship certificates

By Jamie Hailstone | 15 August 2013

The Home Office is failing to send councils citizenship certificates due to ‘technical issues’, w...

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Plan for centralised Government communications team

By Jonathan Werran | 14 August 2013

Ministers are considering plans to centralise 3,300 press officers working across government depa...

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Adoption agencies to get £16m extra funding

By MJ reporter | 14 August 2013

The Government has announced £16m extra funding for voluntary adoption agencies to help find new ...

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Government boost to small businesses

By Jonathan Werran | 14 August 2013

Government remains on track to meet its target of awarding a quarter of all business contracts to...

FINANCE

Call to share view on welfare reform

By MJ reporter | 14 August 2013

Government spending watchdogs have asked all English councils to share their experiences of estab...

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Demand for Goverment to review Wolverhampton funding allocation

By MJ Correspondent | 14 August 2013

The Government needs to take the blame for the £86m budget gap being faced by Wolverhampton City ...

FINANCE

Pooled budget will aid social care collaboration

By MJ Correspondent | 14 August 2013

A vision of how English councils will work together with the NHS to spend £3.8bn of Government fu...