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CORRIDORS OF POWER

24 April 2013

Sebastian Smythe-Watson, chief researcher for Policy Swap is enjoying a glass of bubbly with Jer...

HEALTH

Legal fights mount up for Rochdale

24 April 2013

Rochdale MBC has become embroiled in a legal battle in the aftermath of the child sex abuse scandal.

FINANCE

Councils' quest for new chiefs

By Heather Jameson | 24 April 2013

The three councils which make up the flagship tri-borough partnership lost their chief executives...

FINANCE

FUTURE FORUM 2013: Time to work on our relationships

By Heather Jameson | 24 April 2013

The funding crisis which faces local government, is not the biggest problem for the sector, Local...

FINANCE

FUTURE FORUM 2013: A healthy approach to moving services

By Michael Burton | 24 April 2013

With public health transferring to local government from 1 April, a well-attended workshop at The...

FINANCE

FUTURE FORUM 2013: Start budgeting for the future

By Michael Burton | 24 April 2013

Community budgets are the future model for public service delivery, delegates at The MJ Future Fo...

FINANCE

FUTURE FORUM 2013: The game of life...

By Heather Jameson | 24 April 2013

Rushcliffe BC chief executive Graham Allen kicked off the Northgate workshop at The MJ Future For...

WHITEHALL

'Light touch' regime for home extensions

By Michael Burton | 24 April 2013

Sceptical MPs demand urgent clarification of changes on plans to relax planning controls on house...

FINANCE

Careers advice overhaul pulls plug on support for the young

24 April 2013

London Councils has expressed fears young people not in work, college or training will lose out f...

FINANCE

DfE 'wastes £350m' on academies programme

24 April 2013

A Parliamentary spending watchdog reported this week how the DfE wasted £350m on the academies pr...