Title

FINANCE

Leader slams Bournemouth super council plan

By MJ reporter | 04 September 2013

The leader of Bournemouth BC has rejected calls for a super council in the region as expensive an...

FINANCE

Watchdog raises concerns over standards supervision

By Jonathan Werran | 04 September 2013

Coercion against councillors and senior officers will be difficult to monitor under the current s...

FINANCE

Councils backed to take on commissioning

By Jamie Hailstone | 04 September 2013

Councils should be given more control over health commissioning, according to a new report by thi...

FINANCE

Bolton rivals unite over budget fears

By MJ Correspondent | 04 September 2013

The leaders of all three parties at Bolton MBC have united to call on Eric Pickles to rethink his...

The future's bright, the future's orange

04 September 2013

The future’s bright, the future’s orange – well, at least it is in Rochford in Essex anyway.

White Van Man on death rays

04 September 2013

I remember as a kid when you could get hold of a magnifying glass and, by letting the sun’s rays ...

Breaking Bad in Kent?

04 September 2013

We are all big fans of the American television series Breaking Bad at MJ Towers.

Squawks of discontent at parrot coverage

04 September 2013

Diary hears squawks of discontent from King’s Lynn and West Norfolk BC after national press cover...

FINANCE

Privacy group calls for edited electoral register to be scrapped

By Laura Sharman | 04 September 2013

More than 300 local authorities have sold people’s personal details to companies over the past fi...

FINANCE

Scrap two-tier arrangements and start again in Essex, says Braintree leader

By Jonathan Werran | 04 September 2013

The leader of an Essex district council has called for a reorganisation that would see his own au...