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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Business claims growth plans make little difference

By James Evison | 17 September 2012

Businesses have offered a mixed reaction to the Government's proposed measures for economic growth.

FINANCE

Legal experts fear impact of new transparency rules

By Jonathan Werran | 13 September 2012

Local government legal chiefs seek meeting with DCLG to raise ‘major concerns’ over new transpare...

WHITEHALL

Pensions' reform Bill published

By Jonathan Werran | 13 September 2012

Ministers publish legislation for reforming public service pensions - which unions have vowed to ...

FINANCE

Councils urged to close commissioning skills gap

By Jonathan Werran | 13 September 2012

Council chiefs should work with Whitehall to improve commissioning of public services, urges thin...

FINANCE

Funding risk to rural schools

By Jonathan Werran | 13 September 2012

County councils this week warned that proposed changes to funding formulas are threatening the fu...

FINANCE

Transparency moves will stall efficiency, say chiefs

By Jonathan Werran | 13 September 2012

Experts have warned government edicts aimed at boosting openness across town halls threatens to s...

ENVIRONMENT

Councils step on the gas to secure local energy savings

By Dominic Browne | 13 September 2012

Up to 13 new authorities are poised to join local government's snowballing energy-buying initiative.

WHITEHALL

Kerswell lands civil service reform role

By Jonathan Werran | 12 September 2012

Former Kent CC managing director, Katherine Kerswell, appointed director general for civil servic...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Public sector employment plummets, figures show

By Jonathan Werran | 12 September 2012

Official figures reveal levels of public sector employment plummeted by 235,000 in the last three...

WHITEHALL

Will Whitehall sideline the new reform director?

12 September 2012