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Tax hikes face public veto

By Jamie Hailstone | 08 December 2011

Eric Pickles has warned local authorities hoping to increase council tax by more than 3.5% next y...

Kent poised to follow 'Wiltshire model'

By Mark Conrad | 08 December 2011

Kent CC is expected to make an announcement on the future of its management structure later today.

Time to storm Whitehall 'fortress of bureaucrats'

08 December 2011

LGA chair, Sir Merrick Cockell, has claimed Whitehall's fortress of 'bureaucrats with a budget' m...

BUSINESS

Riots panel chair heads for Ernst and Young

By Jonathan Werran | 08 December 2011

The chair of the independent inquiry into the summer riots, Darra Singh, joins 'big four' account...

UK councils 'fare better' than their Continental counterparts

By Dominic Browne | 07 December 2011

According to a controversial Whitehall analysis handed to The MJ UK councils are 'sitting pretty'...

Councils set to share pain of more job cuts

By Jonathan Werran | 07 December 2011

Councils can expect to share the pain of public sector job losses,a leading workforce expert has ...

Ex-chief rounds on defiant employer in back pay row

By Mark Conrad | 07 December 2011

A council managing director forced to retire from her job,this week launched a scathing attack on...

BUSINESS

Glimmer of sunshine for troubled solar power workers

07 December 2011

Newcastle City Council has established a task force to help local workers at Carillion Energy Ser...

BUSINESS

Mouchel boss admits firm 'must get house in order'

By Jamie Hailstone | 07 December 2011

The new chief executive of troubled support services firm, Mouchel, has admitted the company must...

BUSINESS

Inspired choice to help Oldham deliver new homes

07 December 2011

Oldham MBC has signed a 25-year PFI deal with the Inspiral Oldham Consortium to build new public ...