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People

14 September 2011

A former chief operating officer of global car hire business Holiday Autos has been selected as t...

FINANCE

PAC chair Hodge queries DCLG's funding fairness

By Jonathan Werran | 13 September 2011

Sir Bob Kerslake tells Parliamentary committee that councils could 'come together to manage fluct...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

HCA announces first wave of affordable housing contracts

By Luke Barras-Hill | 13 September 2011

The Homes and Communities Agency awards first round of affordable homes contracts to housing asso...

ENVIRONMENT

Ministers working to reduce winter travel disruption

By Nick Appleyard | 13 September 2011

DfT admits more still needs to be done to ensure the resilience of the UK’s transport network fro...

Government needs local leaders says Bob Neill

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 September 2011

Minister Bob Neill has said that the Government is looking to local leaders to help deliver its d...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Ministers accused of 'NIMBYism'

By Dominic Browne | 12 September 2011

Senior ministers have been accused of hypocrisy over their reforms of planning regulations.

FINANCE

Unions to intensify pension opposition at TUC

By Mark Conrad | 12 September 2011

Local government trade unions will intensify their opposition to Treasury-backed public pension r...

Hanningfield freed early from jail

By Jonathan Werran | 12 September 2011

Former Essex County Council leader Lord Hanningfield has been released early from prison, nine we...

FINANCE

Cooper warns against elected police chiefs

By Jamie Hailstone | 12 September 2011

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper warns elected police commissioners will politicise the servic...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Charity publishes cuts data on disabled services

By Jamie Hailstone | 12 September 2011

The charity Scope has published an online map highlighting which councils are cutting disabled pe...