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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Unitary in joint effort to support stroke victims

16 November 2011

Cheshire West and Chester Council has teamed up with the Stroke Association to provide a new serv...

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MPs dub DCLG funding regime 'opaque'

By Jonathan Werran | 16 November 2011

Public Accounts Committee slams methods used by DCLG to distribute £20.5bn in formula grant fundi...

Oxford defends taxi CCTV plan

By Dominic Browne | 15 November 2011

Oxford City Council announces plans to put CCTV inside its 650 licensed taxis,but brings criticis...

Pickles sets out further council tax freeze plans

By Jonathan Werran | 15 November 2011

Eric Pickles, today announced estimates of additional funding local authorities would receive for...

Wandsworth considers tenants' work scheme

By Dominic Browne | 14 November 2011

Council tenants in west London could face eviction unless they find work or training, it has been...

Bupa tells councils to plug care home costs gap

By Jonathan Werran | 14 November 2011

Councils must help care home providers plug a £1.7bn funding gap,a report commissioned by BUPA ha...

Torridge district council votes to end joint chief executive post

By Jonathan Werran | 14 November 2011

Torridge DC has voted to end its arrangement with Teignbridge DC to share chief executive, Nicola...

LGPS funds demand Murdoch's BSkyB exit

By Mark Conrad | 14 November 2011

Local government's influential pension funds have urged James Murdoch to resign as chairman of Br...

MPs slam lacklustre approach to cutting air pollution

By Nick Appleyard | 14 November 2011

Ministers exaggerating local councils' ability to improve air quality, according to Parliament's ...

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...