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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Riots inquiry holds its first meeting

By Michael Burton | 07 September 2011

Riots inquiry chief Darra Singh holds first panel meeting to plan seven-month inquiry into the Au...

HEALTH

Children's chief resigns after Ofsted report

06 September 2011

Damning Ofsted report on safeguarding leads to departure of Peterborough City Council’s head of c...

FINANCE

LPFA sparks pensions scheme debate

By Jonathan Werran | 06 September 2011

LG pension fund green paper urges acceptance of career average basis and new ‘low start scheme’ t...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Pickles and Osborne defend planning reforms

By Jamie Hailstone | 05 September 2011

Eric Pickles and George Osborne have hit back at critics of government plans to reform the planni...

Darra Singh to head riot inquiry

By Mark Conrad | 05 September 2011

Darra Singh has been appointed to head the official inquiry into last month’s disturbances across...

FINANCE

Ministers must address rural funding gap, campaigners urge

By Jonathan Werran | 05 September 2011

Report claims countryside councils pay 'rural penalty' of lower central grant and higher council ...

FINANCE

Pickles tells councils to give third sector 'fair deal'

By Jonathan Werran | 02 September 2011

New Best Value Duty guidance issued by Eric Pickles commands councils to protect charities from u...

Pickles condemns councils foray into residents private lives

By Luke Barras-Hill | 02 September 2011

Local authorities should not ask interfering questions concerning the sexual orientation of resid...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Homelessness chief leaves DCLG for top charity role

By Luke Barras-Hill | 02 September 2011

Head of DCLG homelessness strategy takes top frontline role with Homeless Link.

FINANCE

Sheffield equal pay case goes to Supreme Court

By Jamie Hailstone | 02 September 2011

A landmark legal case between Sheffield City Council and thousands of workers over equal pay goes...