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WHITEHALL

DfE to remain in Darlington after council intervention

08 May 2013

Darlington BC is building a new office for the DfE, following a campaign to keep 400 civil servic...

WHITEHALL

Adoption guide launched for councils

08 May 2013

The Government has launched a new guide, which sets out what people wishing to adopt can expect f...

FINANCE

Council chiefs lash out at 'flawed' publicity code consultation

By Laura Sharman | 08 May 2013

Council leaders express concern over proposals to make the Publicity Code law under the Local Aud...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Female council staff in UK hit disproportionatley by job cuts

By Jonathan Werran | 08 May 2013

Ernst & Young report shows how in south east women accounted for 76% of town hall job losses - an...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Local elections 2013: UKIP gains mark 'seismic change'

By Jonathan Werran | 08 May 2013

UKIP emerge as biggest winners from a ‘paradoxical’ set of local government election results - wh...

CORRIDORS OF POWER

08 May 2013

From his soapbox Labour Shadow Cabinet minister Ed Smith is rallying his troops after the local e...

WHITEHALL

Local government overlooked by Whitehall, says Clark

By Laura Sharman | 08 May 2013

According to Greg Clark the contribution that local government makes to the country is often 'ove...

Hants gets its Guy

08 May 2013

Distant relative of Guy Fawkes elected as a councillor in Hampshire.

BUSINESS

Private equity firm buys Civica in £390m deal

By Laura Sharman | 08 May 2013

Omers Private Equity (OPE) has purchased Civica from 3i Group for an enterprise value of £390m.

Smoothing the passage

08 May 2013

Some people say localism is getting a bum rap these days. If they lived in Cornwall they’d surely...