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A Christmas message from Pickles

07 January 2014

Memo from: Secretary of State

Council wanted to bring the house down

07 January 2014

A salutary lesson in the future of planning regulations has come to Diary’s attention from our go...

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Defra flooded with Environment Agency job cut protests

By Jonathan Werran | 07 January 2014

A civil service trade union has called for a freeze on further job cuts in the Environment Agency.

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'Localism betrayed' by police settlement top-slicing

By Jonathan Werran | 07 January 2014

Plans to top-slice funding in next year’s provisional police settlement betray a lack of confiden...

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Council tax referendum threshold to be 'lot less than 2%'

By MJ Correspondent | 07 January 2014

The Government will fix the council tax referendum threshold at ‘a lot less than 2%’, the chairma...

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Call for better data on pension fund performance

By MJ Correspondent | 07 January 2014

London Councils has called on poor-performing local government pension funds to publicly explain ...

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Investment fund will bring new homes

By MJ Correspondent | 07 January 2014

An ‘innovative’ model that will finance the building of more than 240 homes has been boosted with...

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HB axe to under 25s 'a dangerous move' housing experts warn

By Jonathan Werran | 07 January 2014

Chartered Institute of Housing chief Grainia Long attacks Chancellor's plans to control welfare ...

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Call to publish controversial Birmingham contract

By Jamie Hailstone | 06 January 2014

An online petition has been launched calling on Birmingham City Council to publish all the detail...

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Osborne: '2014 is a year of hard truths'

By Jonathan Werran | 06 January 2014

Chancellor warns there is a long way to go with £60bn deficit reductions over next four years in ...