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FINANCE

Money Matters

15 June 2011

Freeing councils from Whitehall-imposed targets and top-down performance measurements as part of ...

Improving institutions 'more beneficial' than cuts

15 June 2011

Stamping out corruption and having more political competition would be more effective at cutting ...

Surrey in dock after data loss

15 June 2011

Surrey CC has been fined £120,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office for serious and repeat...

Lib-Dem made CBE in birthday honours

15 June 2011

Local Government Association vice chair, Richard Kemp, has been made a CBE in the Queen’s Birthda...

WHITEHALL

Treasury in dark as PFI firms ratchet up £2.2bn equity profits

By Jonathan Werran | 15 June 2011

The Treasury’s ‘inadequate’ monitoring of trading in PFI debt has allowed banks and builders to r...

Cost fears prompt rethink of £26k benefits cap plan

15 June 2011

Ministers are considering how to soften up plans imposing an annual £26,000 benefits cap on house...

Top Scots job for Dundee MSP

15 June 2011

Dundee City West MSP, Joe Fitzpatrick, has been appointed as convenor of the Scottish Parliament’...

FINANCE

Treasury in dark as PFI firms ratchet up £2.2bn equity profits

15 June 2011

HM Treasury’s ‘inadequate’ monitoring of trading in Public Finance Initiative (PFI) debt has allo...

ENVIRONMENT

Ministers back down over bin collections

By Nick Appleyard | 15 June 2011

The Government has backed down on its threats to councils over bin collections, as it published t...

FINANCE

Treasury in dark as PFI firms ratchet up £2.2bn equity profits

15 June 2011

HM Treasury’s ‘inadequate’ monitoring of trading in Public Finance Initiative (PFI) debt has allo...