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County singled out

10 August 2011

Cambridgeshire CC has been selected to join a government capital and assets pathfinder scheme wit...

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Region nabs NESTA

10 August 2011

City of York Council’s joint bid with Science City York has won two-years’ financial support to d...

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Start-up success

10 August 2011

Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has received £172,500 in gove...

Handling with care

10 August 2011

Hampshire CC has launched a scheme to address high levels of youth unemployment among those leavi...

Birmingham council leaders call for calm following riots

By Nick Appleyard | 10 August 2011

Paul Tilsley, deputy leader of Birmingham Council, has called for calm after shops were attacked ...

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Fury over plans to cut council tax allowances

10 August 2011

The leader of St Helens MBC, Marie Rimmer, has slated government plans to cut council tax benefit...

District in talks with borough over joint chief

10 August 2011

Discussions between leaders at Braintree DC and Colchester BC over a new shared chief executive a...

Islington hopes to build on property deals

10 August 2011

Islington LBC is planning to build on the success of a popular shared-ownership scheme which give...

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Rising welfare bills to squeeze wider government spending

By Jonathan Werran | 10 August 2011

A long-term rise in welfare, health and care bills will further squeeze spending on public order ...

Give councils cash to deal with the riots, says Miliband

By Heather Jameson | 10 August 2011

Local authorities should be given extra cash to deal with the riots, leader of the Labour Party E...