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Top slice may force council tax hike

By MJ Correspondent | 18 September 2013

Councils could be left with a funding black hole, a senior Local Government Association (LGA) fig...

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Racing win for council

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 September 2013

A multi-million pound development for land around the Silverstone racing track will mean a windfa...

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Vivacity urged to seek fresh opportunities

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 September 2013

Peterborough City Council has urged its culture and leisure services trust, Vivacity, to expand a...

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Kier's profits fall

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 September 2013

The Kier Group has announced a fall in underlying pre-tax profits from £70m in 2012 to £63.4m thi...

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Call made to lift borrowing cap

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 September 2013

London Councils has called on the Government to relax the rules on local authorities borrowing to...

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Mutual pensions deal to hit savings target

By Jonathan Werran | 18 September 2013

Spending watchdogs are content.

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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 ...