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BUSINESS

Link road scheme

29 May 2013

Muse Developments and Leeds City Council have announced work has begun on a new road linking the ...

BUSINESS

Mendip/Capita deal

29 May 2013

Mendip DC has signed a four-year customer services contract with Capita’s local government servic...

FINANCE

Pension fund alliance to pioneer investment

By Jonathan Werran | 29 May 2013

An initiative between five major local authority pension funds is set to pioneer investment schem...

FINANCE

Southwark praised for efforts in confronting housing fraud

29 May 2013

Southwark LBC has scooped a prize from auditors for its success in tackling housing fraud.

WHITEHALL

MPs demand 'unspun' statistics from government

By Jonathan Werran | 29 May 2013

Government press officers and statisticians should ensure press releases give meaningful picture ...

WHITEHALL

Comms chief calls for united front

By Michael Burton | 29 May 2013

The new public relations chief for Whitehall has told his equivalent local authority heads that h...

WHITEHALL

Government defends financial schemes' poor early progress

29 May 2013

The DWP benefits payment programme is at risk of failure, according to the first-ever report on G...

WHITEHALL

PCC activities need to be standardised, MPs warn

29 May 2013

Police and crime commissioners must come under local scrutiny to restrict unconventional decisio...

WhitevanMAN...

29 May 2013

..On the queues at A&E.

Buckle up – Terry's here

29 May 2013

Commiserations to the new mayor of St Edmundsbury BC who managed to grab the headlines in his fir...