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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...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Authorities unite to celebrate winning £335m engine plant

21 September 2011

West Midlands councils are celebrating Jaguar Land Rover’s decision to build a new plant in the B...

HEALTH

Personal budgets will 'fail to secure value' claims NAO

21 September 2011

Government targets to extend personal budgets to all social care-users by April 2013 will fail to...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Labour set to unveil future homes policy

By Mark Conrad | 21 September 2011

Shadow communities secretary, Caroline Flint, is expected to float details of Labour’s plan to ov...