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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Personal choices

02 August 2011

New powers to allow councils to contract out some social service functions have come on stream, r...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Southwark warns of exodus of low income families

By Dermott Calpin | 02 August 2011

Government housing policies could trigger an exodus of low income families from the capital, Sout...

FINANCE

Westminster parking measures target West End

02 August 2011

The West End of London is set to be targeted after new parking measures were approved by Westmins...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Council cuts put pressure on charities

By Luke Barras-Hill | 02 August 2011

Thousands of charities are facing tough financial decisions in the wake of council spending cuts,...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Organisations shortlisted for Olympic legacy sites

By Luke Barras-Hill | 01 August 2011

The Olympic Games Legacy Company has shortlisted three organisations to re-vitalise key facilitie...

WHITEHALL

Treasury has vetoed 23 senior pay deals

By Mark Conrad | 01 August 2011

The Treasury has vetoed salary demands for 23 quango chiefs and senior civil servants since the c...

ENVIRONMENT

No appetite for eviction threshold say experts

By Luke Barras-Hill | 29 July 2011

Experts have questioned whether Grant Shapps’ plans for a five-year eviction threshold for tenant...

WHITEHALL

Government needs break from I.T contract 'oligarchs' for growth

By Luke Barras-Hill | 29 July 2011

Whitehall departments have been warned by MPs to end their reliance on large-scale IT contracts, ...

FINANCE

Ministers officially launch Big Society Bank

By Jamie Hailstone | 29 July 2011

The Big Society Bank has been officially launched by the Government with around £600m of capital.

More people think welfare system is too generous says ONS

By Jamie Hailstone | 29 July 2011

The number of people who think the welfare system is too generous is on the rise, according to a ...