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WHITEHALL

Minister claims £100m in property savings

By Dominic Browne | 13 January 2012

The coalition claims it has saved more than £100m through greater control of central government ...

Staffordshire care workers poised for transfer

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 January 2012

Almost 1,000 social care workers could be transferred over to the NHS in Staffordshire as part of...

FINANCE

Scottish workers win equal pay battle

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 January 2012

Edinburgh City Council agrees multi-million pound settlement for hundreds of authority workers in...

FINANCE

Sector welcomes Local Finance Bill

By Jonathan Werran | 13 January 2012

Ambitions of local finance Bill lauded, but concerns remain over top-ups and set-aside after seco...

Casey urged to review 'troubled families' data

By Jonathan Werran | 13 January 2012

Council chiefs have voiced concerns about the Department for Communities and Local Government's ...

HEALTH

Time to stop talking and start doing say health and care chiefs

By Michael Burton | 13 January 2012

Joint report from health and care chiefs urges NHS and adult care services hasten moves to ‘share...

FINANCE

Use of council pension schemes risks more PFI failure, MPs warn

By Jonathan Werran | 13 January 2012

Treasury Committee warns plans to use council pension pots as ‘back door’ way of funding infrastr...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Minister: local benefits 'will underpin' ESA reforms

By Mark Conrad | 13 January 2012

Lord Freud says local benefits system will underpin his contentious ESA reforms.

WHITEHALL

Cities in bidding war to snare green bank

By Dominic Browne | 13 January 2012

Regional bidding war starts over the future of the Government’s £3bn Green Investment Bank (GIB),...

HEALTH

CQC publishes latest round of reviews

By Jamie Hailstone | 12 January 2012

The Care Quality Commission publishes second phase of its review of services for people with lear...