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BUSINESS

LEPs need more 'government clarity' about future funding

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 May 2013

LEP leaders have reiterated calls from MPs for more clarity from government about their future fu...

BUSINESS

Visit Liverpool, mayor tells World Chambers Congress

01 May 2013

Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson has urged delegates at the World Chambers Congress in Qatar, to visi...

FINANCE

Audit plans will deliver £650m savings

01 May 2013

The Government has restated its belief plans to localise town hall audit arrangements could deliv...

FINANCE

Fund deficit row goes on over town hall pensions

By Jonathan Werran | 01 May 2013

Suggestions that town hall pension pots face a massive £85bn deficit have sparked a fierce war of...

FOURWHEELdrivewoman

01 May 2013

..On voting in the local elections.

Legend honoured

01 May 2013

Diary welcomes the legend that is Soul II Soul frontman Jazzie B into the world of spurious local...

Summer of strumming

01 May 2013

Communities minister Don Foster indulged his inner rock god last week by picking up the ukulele.

FINANCE

Osborne urged to ditch Whitehall ring-fence

By Laura Sharman | 01 May 2013

Six leading think tanks call on chancellor to end ongoing protections for health, schools and ove...

Falling to pieces

01 May 2013

This week’s timely reminder comes from Richmond LBC, who would like to make it perfectly clear th...

FINANCE

Councils cope with massive Census undercount

By Jonathan Werran | 01 May 2013

Government statisticians upwardly revise population estimates by 464,000 across England and Wale...