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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Ministers announce second wave of RGF

By James Evison | 01 November 2011

Ministers announce the second round of the £1.4bn regional growth fund (RGF) with nearly £1bn bei...

FINANCE

Pickles to offer 'middle England' council tax relief

By Dominic Browne | 31 October 2011

Ministers to announce measures including giving residents longer to pay and help to evade extra c...

HEALTH

Council bosses defend adoption track record

By Jamie Hailstone | 31 October 2011

Council bosses defend adoption track record after children’s minister Tim Loughton urged local au...

Glasgow's Labour group in disarray says opposition

By Jamie Hailstone | 31 October 2011

Opposition councillors make claims following news over 24 ruling group members will not contest n...

FINANCE

Councils 'win' Iceland banks court battle

By Mark Conrad | 28 October 2011

UK Councils with £1bn deposited in collapsed Icelandic banks win battle to gain preferred credito...

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...