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Four Wheel Drive Woman on the US Government shutdown

01 October 2013

Tarquin, behave yourself, or I will leave you with granny for the half-term holidays.

And the nominees for Social Media Genius 2013 are . . .

01 October 2013

Diary often feels our communities secretary Eric Pickles is right – when it comes to social media...

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Pickles accuses council over old lady death

By Michael Burton | 01 October 2013

Local government secretary launches extraordinary attack on Newham, blaming its housing policy fo...

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Duncan Smith defends 'bedroom tax'

By Michael Burton | 01 October 2013

Housing applicants on waiting lists will benefit from spare room subsidy, work and pensions secre...

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Boris tells Conservatives to build for victory

By Jonathan Werran | 01 October 2013

London Mayor urges large-scale housebuilding programme and financial help boost numbers of owner-...

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Staffordshire warns of 'unaccpetable fragmentation' of care

By Laura Sharman | 01 October 2013

The proposals to shake-up Stafford Hospital could lead to financial and clinical failures, the le...

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Cockell issues council tax plea

By MJ Correspondent | 01 October 2013

Local authorities should be given more freedom to control council tax, the chairman of the Local ...

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Liverpool warns of stark cuts ahead

By Heather Jameson | 01 October 2013

The Mayor of Liverpool City Council has warned the authority will only be able to run mandatory s...

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NE Lincolnshire names interim chief exec

By Tom Bridge | 30 September 2013

North East Lincolnshire Council has announced that Rob Walsh will take over as interim chief exec...

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Solace: Health and social care must change

By MJ Correspondent | 30 September 2013

The status quo in health and social care is ‘untenable’, the Society of Local Authority Chief Exe...