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FINANCE

Warwickshire and Coventry share highways and transport works

By Michael Burton | 28 October 2011

Warwickshire CC and Coventry City Council sign formal agreement to share highways and transport w...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

LEPs in the slow lane, argues report

By Dominic Browne | 28 October 2011

One year on, local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) have made ‘alarmingly slow progress’, study by ...

ENVIRONMENT

Councils lack flood money and skills, NAO warns

By Nick Appleyard | 28 October 2011

Spending watchdog claims council funding for vital flood defences and technical skills are insuff...

Benn: 'Pickles lacks enthusiasm for local government'

By Mark Conrad | 28 October 2011

Shadow local government secretary, Hilary Benn, berates Eric Pickles for lack of ‘enthusiasm’ for...

HEALTH

Council spending on elderly drops by £1.3bn

By Jamie Hailstone | 28 October 2011

More than £1.3bn has been cut from council’s annual spending to help the over 65s, according to n...

ENVIRONMENT

Betts issues NPPF warning

By Dominic Browne | 27 October 2011

Lack of detail in Government’s controversial planning reforms preventing effective scrutiny by MP...

BUSINESS

Shapps confirms new HCA board members

By Jonathan Werran | 27 October 2011

Three new members join HCA board ahead of new regulatory role, housing minister Grant Shapps conf...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Pickles extends high street fund deadline

By Jonathan Werran | 27 October 2011

Councils affected by August’s riots given further eight weeks to submit claims under the £20m hig...

FINANCE

Chief seeks advice in outsourcing row

By Dominic Browne | 27 October 2011

Bournemouth Council to seek independent advice over controversial Mouchel deal, following interna...

LGA reads the riot act

By Jonathan Werran | 27 October 2011

Blame for August’s riots can be ascribed to the buck-passing tradition of top-down public service...