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Partnership pays off

22 June 2011

Tandridge DC has scooped an award for reducing HR and payroll costs through partnership with othe...

Shadow mayors dropped from Bill

22 June 2011

Ministers have scrapped Localism Bill proposals requiring England’s 11 largest city councils to a...

FINANCE

New opt-out fears at hike in pension costs

By Mark Conrad | 22 June 2011

One-fifth of council pension funds are experiencing negative cashflows – a figure which could ris...

Fake shops offer chance of retail therapy

22 June 2011

Harrow LBC has opened London’s first fake shop as part of a two-year programme to regenerate a st...

Call for Welsh restructure

22 June 2011

There has been a fresh call for the reorganisation of local government in Wales.

More operations return in-house

22 June 2011

More than half of councils have considered reneging on outsourcing contracts and bringing service...

New chapter for capital's readers

22 June 2011

The London boroughs of Westminster, Hammersmith and Fulham, and Kensington and Chelsea are set to...

Government 'has lost momentum' over public sector reform, says CBI

22 June 2011

Business leaders have accused the Government of losing its way on public sector reform.

Saddled up to go

22 June 2011

Hampshire CC is encouraging parents and carers to ensure their children are properly equipped for...

Funding gap 'killing Scotland' says COSLA

22 June 2011

A rising gap between higher demand for services and dwindling resources is ‘killing Scotland’, ac...