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FINANCE

Mutual pensions deal to hit savings target

By Jonathan Werran | 18 September 2013

Spending watchdogs are content.

FINANCE

Success for online voter registration dry-run

By Jonathan Werran | 18 September 2013

Early evidence from trials suggests millions more people than first expected will not have to tak...

Cabinet members should be 'burnt at the stake'

18 September 2013

Lands Farm Road in Horsham is in such a state of disrepair that cabinet members should be ‘burnt ...

Corridors of Power: Coalition realities

18 September 2013

Junior Conservative Party researcher Luke Fortescue is having a discreet pint with his oppo at Li...

Blue-sky thinking for council chief - literally

18 September 2013

Council chief executives are used to blue-sky thinking – but it is rare for them to go as far as ...

Local government's body image

18 September 2013

Style and local government very rarely are perceived to have much to do with each other.

FINANCE

Demand for talks over grant cut

By MJ Correspondent | 17 September 2013

The Local Government Association (LGA) wants talks with Whitehall over the proposed £200m cut to ...

WHITEHALL

Councils need powers to manage school places' pressures, survey shows

By Jonathan Werran | 17 September 2013

The need for a strategic ‘middle tier’ to oversee complex schools arrangements is vital, survey o...

FINANCE

Charities helping to save services, says survey

By Jamie Hailstone | 17 September 2013

Charities are playing a key role in helping save local services from closure, according to a new ...

FINANCE

Billions wasted as government staff search for lost documents

By Tom Bridge | 16 September 2013

Government, not-for-profit and public sector workers waste billions of pounds searching for lost ...