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Cockell: whole place budgets should expand to meet demand

By Jonathan Werran | 11 November 2011

Council bosses complain Whitehall resistance to developing the community budgets programme hinder...

Lord Hanningfield: 'It's been absolutely hell, and I'm sorry'

By Jonathan Werran | 11 November 2011

Former Essex CC leader Lord Hanningfield tells Radio 5 his life has been ‘absolutely hell for the...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Glasgow launches local jobs fund

By Dominic Browne | 11 November 2011

A new £10m cash pot to create 1,000 new jobs for Glasgow's graduates was unveiled by the city’s c...

'Mini Commission' mooted

By Heather Jameson | 11 November 2011

DCLG floats sector-led body to procure audit when the watchdog is abolished.

FINANCE

Union hits out at Southampton's 'virtual council' plans

By Jonathan Werran | 10 November 2011

Unite attacks decision by Southampton City Council leaders to involve Capita in talks for it to b...

HEALTH

Benefit reforms would put London rents beyond reach

By Jonathan Werran | 10 November 2011

Government welfare reforms would leave one-in-five London households unable to afford their rent,...

Policies open door to fraud

By Dominic Browne | 10 November 2011

The Government's policies on personal care budgets and public spending transparency are leading t...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

North-south divide set to widen, PWC reports

By Jonathan Werran | 10 November 2011

Moribund growth will make Government attempts to address regional economic imbalances 'more diffi...

ENVIRONMENT

LGA calls for delay on solar tariff cuts

By Luke Barras-Hill | 10 November 2011

LGA warns government should stall a proposed 50% cut to the Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) system for solar...

Sefton loses care home fees case

By Jamie Hailstone | 10 November 2011

A High Court judge has ruled that Sefton MBC acted illegally when it froze its elderly care home ...