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FINANCE

Capital projects spending up due to tube costs despite cuts

By Mark Conrad | 14 September 2011

Capital spending by England’s local authorities increased by 8% during 2010/11 despite the fact t...

Top civil servants' unions declare ballot intentions

14 September 2011

Civil service trade unions have pledged to ballot up to 54,000 managers this autumn if the Govern...

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...