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Getting stoned in Gloucester

23 October 2013

What exactly do Gloucestershire CC and the Rolling Stones have in common?

FINANCE

Betts vows to examine DCLG scrutiny

By Jonathan Werran | 22 October 2013

The chairman of a Parliamentary watchdog has vowed to scrutinise how the DCLG is overseeing billi...

FINANCE

Chiefs slam 'anti-localist' procurement proposals

By Jonathan Werran | 22 October 2013

Council chief executives have criticised the Government’s proposals to standardise public sector ...

FINANCE

Whitehall security overhaul to start

By Jonathan Werran | 22 October 2013

Ministers have announced plans to overhaul Whitehall security classifications, which have remaine...

FINANCE

Councils disagree with Sir Bob's defence

By MJ Correspondent | 22 October 2013

Councils have hit back at senior civil servants who have defended the Government’s proposed top s...

FINANCE

Concerns raised over extra pensions advice

By MJ Correspondent | 22 October 2013

The body charged with delivering next year’s changes to the LGPS has raised concerns about a Gove...

FINANCE

Local authority capital expenditure falls again

By MJ Correspondent | 22 October 2013

Urban development funds (UDFs) could be used to arrest the decline of local authority capital exp...

FINANCE

Atos gets thumbs down from Islington over benefits tests

By Jamie Hailstone | 22 October 2013

Contractor Atos has hit back after Islington LBC passed a motion of no confidence in its handling...

BUSINESS

DVD supports Highways Agency safety week

By Jamie Hailstone | 22 October 2013

Public services provider Amey has launched a hard-hitting DVD featuring scenes of motorway accide...

FINANCE

Salford scraps chief executive post

By Laura Sharman | 22 October 2013

Salford City Council will not be appointing a new chief executive when Barbara Spicer leaves at t...