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Presidential move

21 September 2011

Chief executive of Coventry City Council, Martin Reeves, has been chosen as the first honorary pr...

FINANCE

Money Matters

20 September 2011

This has been a bad day… meetings and briefings about the impact of the Governments’ Resource Rev...

Means testing no longer a contentious issue.

20 September 2011

Jonathan Werran looks at how in the past means testing was an issue that would mobilise huge marc...

The right direction for the national planning framework

20 September 2011

Martin Horton looks at the key details of the proposed National Planning Framework announced by t...

Ministers lose power to pass EU fines to councils

By Heather Jameson | 20 September 2011

Ministers will be prevented from arbitrarily passing on EU fines to councils under concessions to...

Officials blamed for £500m fire centre failure

By Jonathan Werran | 20 September 2011

Peter Housden singled out by MPs for emerging from the failed FiReControl project with his career...

Edinburgh council property staff facing fraud probe

By Jonathan Werran | 20 September 2011

Scottish police are investigating allegations of fraud centring on Edinburgh City Council’s prope...

ENVIRONMENT

Ribble council planning move overturned by inspectors

By Mark Conrad | 20 September 2011

Planning inspectors have overturned Ribble Valley BC’s decision to block a local housing project.

Basildon gears up for traveller evictions

By Dominic Browne | 20 September 2011

Bailiffs are due to start the £18m eviction of hundreds of travellers from the controversial Dale...

Alexander boosts Housing Revenue Account reforms

By Mark Conrad | 19 September 2011

The Treasury announces council's will be able to borrow at cheaper rates to cover HRA reforms.