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HEALTH

Castlebeck to close third care home

By Jonathan Werran | 18 August 2011

Troubled care provider Castlebeck will close its third home, ahead of CQC legal action.

Exclusive: Pickles praises councils for riot response

By Mark Conrad | 18 August 2011

Communities secretary, Eric Pickles, has praised councils for their swift and decisive response t...

People

17 August 2011

Kevin Curley has announced his plan to retire from the National Association for Voluntary and Com...

People

17 August 2011

More than 400 Year 6 pupils from Andover recently had the opportunity to don gowns and mortar boa...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Social enterprises scoop £12m grant

By Jamie Hailstone | 17 August 2011

A new, £12m capital growth fund has been launched to offer grants and loans to social enterprises...

Hot properties

17 August 2011

The Government, not just local authorities, has lessons to learn on improving property management...

HEALTH

Increasing welfare costs 'will squeeze spending elsewhere'

17 August 2011

An upward long-term rise in welfare, health and care bills will further squeeze spending on other...

HEALTH

Care funding at crisis point warns provider

By Jamie Hailstone | 17 August 2011

The chief executive of private healthcare firm, Bupa, has called for councils to address ‘chronic...

WHITEHALL

Internet guru's plans for single portal gather pace

17 August 2011

Plans advocated by UK digital champion, Martha Lane-Fox, for a single government web-domain have ...

WHITEHALL

Unions pledge to fight on over redundancies

By Jonathan Werran | 17 August 2011

Commitment to concerted industrial action this autumn – unless agreement is reached over key pay ...