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WHITEHALL

Praise for DCLG as job cuts programme meets targets

By Jonathan Werran | 21 September 2011

The DCLG has been praised for leading Whitehall’s controversial job cuts programme.

Planning system's balancing acts

21 September 2011

Our planning system should encourage development and growth but it also needs to protect our envi...

FINANCE

Government ponders cash boost for winter roads

By Nick Appleyard | 21 September 2011

Ministers are discussing a possible injection of cash to improve Britain’s capacity to cope with ...

FINANCE

Government exceeds borrowing target

By Heather Jameson | 21 September 2011

Public Sector Net Borrowing (PSNB) has risen higher than expected in August, according to the lat...

FINANCE

Replace 'unnecessary' council tax says study

By Mark Conrad | 21 September 2011

The council tax system is a ‘mess’and should be replaced with a housing services tax (HST), the f...

BUSINESS

Hull 'blows' £5m to secure offshore wind farm project

21 September 2011

Hull has pledged £5m to secure a deal between Siemens and Associated British Ports to build an of...

BUSINESS

Liverpool will spend £100m on schools after BSF axe

21 September 2011

Liverpool has announced plans to refurbish eight schools that would have been rebuilt under the s...

N Ireland groups hit by £2m cuts

21 September 2011

Voluntary and community groups in Northern Ireland have been hit by more than £2m of public secto...

BUSINESS

City teams up for innovative plans to transform services

By Dominic Browne | 21 September 2011

Leeds City Council has joined with other local authorities and national experts to find ways to t...

Political team scoops the cream

21 September 2011

The cabinet at Wiltshire Council, a new unitary set up in 2009, has steered the council through m...