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Another step towards combined Merseyside authority

By Jamie Hailstone | 11 September 2013

The leaders of all six local authorities in Merseyside met yesterday as plans for a combined auth...

WHITEHALL

Whitehall departments 'need to co-operate more'

By Jonathan Werran | 11 September 2013

Council chiefs have advised senior MPs that better co-operation between Whitehall departments off...

CLIMATE CHANGE

'Power schemes need more support'

By MJ reporter | 11 September 2013

Councils must offer more flexible support to boost the nationwide spread of community-owned renew...

FINANCE

Councils' key role in new NHS landscape

By Jamie Hailstone | 11 September 2013

Council scrutiny has a key role to play in the new NHS landscape, according to a new report by th...

FINANCE

'Adult social services market must improve'

By MJ Correspondent | 11 September 2013

Directors of adult social services have said the market needs to improve if the spread of persona...

FINANCE

Lewis: We're giving commercial property sector confidence

By MJ reporter | 11 September 2013

Ministers have confirmed a new Empty Rate Property Relief for newly-built commercial buildings is...

FINANCE

CBI: Private sector can sort failings

By MJ Correspondent | 11 September 2013

More must be done to increase public confidence in the private delivery of public services, the C...

Charity challenge beckons for Lewis?

10 September 2013

Shared services and shared chief executives feature so regularly in The MJ that it takes somethin...

Corridors of Power: Austerity, what austerity?

10 September 2013

Junior Conservative Party researcher Luke Fortescue chats with grizzled Conservative special advi...

Unready for the undeady

10 September 2013

It can now be revealed that East Riding of Yorkshire Council is unready for a zombie invasion.