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BUSINESS

Haringey takes the private route

26 October 2011

Haringey LBC becomes first London council to transfer management of its cemeteries and crematoria...

BUSINESS

'Metro mayor' plan is right for Liverpool

By Mark Conrad | 26 October 2011

A ‘metro mayor’ is ‘the best single solution to the leadership gap’ constraining Liverpool’s grow...

BUSINESS

Amey awarded West Midlands patient transport contract

By Jonathan Werran | 26 October 2011

Amey lands two four-year contracts to provide transport services delivering patients and medical ...

FINANCE

Councils urged to pursue social investment

26 October 2011

SOLACE and business advisory firm BDO issue joint report urging councils to use social investment...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Maude calls for further civil estate consolidation

By Jonathan Werran | 26 October 2011

Government departments should try to create development opportunities aimed at boosting local gro...

WHITEHALL

Civil service pension agency to be 'mutualised'

By Jonathan Werran | 26 October 2011

Government plans to ‘mutualise’ the civil service pension agency represent ‘a backdoor to privati...

Corridors of Power

26 October 2011

Labour Party head of election strategy Josh Collins is talking to new recruit Donna Hyde, constit...

Topsy-turvy world

26 October 2011

Sign of the times Whoa! It’s all gone a bit weird here.

Hoist by his own petard?

26 October 2011

Nature of Newcastle chief Barry Rowland's capture by his own speed cameras sounds ‘iffy’ to Diary...

Circus of chief executive Horrors

26 October 2011

Roll-up, roll-up for a job where the knives are out all the time.