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FINANCE

LGA: Treasury cash-in on council homes must stop

By James Evison | 18 July 2011

Plans by the Treasury to cash-in on right-to-buy sales could jeopardise the construction of new c...

IDeA chief Rob Whiteman takes on Home Office role

By Heather Jameson | 15 July 2011

A front runner for the chief executive’s role at the LGA, Rob Whiteman, has been appointed new ch...

Everything settled... at last

15 July 2011

Diary considers the more 'undynamic' parts of local government...

Hacked off with no revelations

15 July 2011

Phone hacking? Fear not, the techno-phobes at the MJ are struggling to understand their own phone...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Deadly plan to control Bristol

15 July 2011

Zombies in Leicester? Bristol reckons it would have them licked...

FINANCE

Eric's cryptic conference call

15 July 2011

Things are not looking good for finance officers, reading between the lines.

FINANCE

'Inadequate' regional growth fund needs cash boost

By Jonathan Werran | 15 July 2011

The Government’s local economic growth strategy has been branded ‘inadequate’.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Watchdog blasts CIL diversion as 'desperate move' for public services

By Luke Barras-Hill | 15 July 2011

Widening the community infrastructure levy (CIL) to alleviate financial pressures on public secto...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Affordable Homes Programme exceeds target, say ministers

By Jonathan Werran | 15 July 2011

Ministers announce original Affordable Homes Programme targets set to be surpassed, with 170,000 ...

Cost fears emerge over Cameron public services reform plans

By Mark Conrad | 14 July 2011

Coalition plans to open up public service markets to a wider variety of providers have failed to ...