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Out of the question

07 September 2011

Councils should not ask interfering questions concerning the sexual orientation of residents appl...

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Waste censured

By Dominic Browne | 07 September 2011

Police forces in England and Wales have wasted £500m over the past four years by using fully-trai...

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Clegg supports education role

By Jonathan Werran | 07 September 2011

Nick Clegg has pledged that local authorities will remain a crucial lynchpin in the education sys...

Councils criticised over loss of data

07 September 2011

Technology experts have urged councils to improve their data management, after a comprehensive Fr...

Ofsted ponders inspection revamp

07 September 2011

Ofsted has launched a consultation on proposals to overhaul its inspection regime.

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Dispute warning over pension shift

By Jonathan Werran | 07 September 2011

Failure to secure LGPS reforms could drag council staff into unrelated walkouts this autumn, warn...

Film unit wins national award

07 September 2011

A film unit established by Surrey CC has won a Social Enterprise Mark, the only independent certi...

Group to fight chewing gum litter

07 September 2011

Twelve local authorities have united with a cross-government action group to tackle the sticky pr...

NILGA working group plots reform

07 September 2011

The first of a series of core Modernisation, Communication and Reform Working Group meetings took...

Threat to child care

07 September 2011

National charity 4Children this week published research identifying ‘serious threats to the futur...