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LGA conference - live coverage

30 June 2011

This year’s LG Group conference ‘Localism works’, held at the Birmingham International Conferenc...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Hurd backs transparency over cash for volunteers

By Jamie Hailstone | 30 June 2011

Civil society minister, Nick Hurd, has pledged to increase the transparency in public spending fo...

HEALTH

CQC demands £15m to raise health inspection bar

By Luke Barras-Hill | 30 June 2011

Health watchdog the Care Quality Commission (CQC) requests an extra £15m per year to tackle faili...

HEALTH

Lansley announces £1m for health and wellbeing boards

By Jamie Hailstone | 30 June 2011

Andrew Lansley has announced an extra £1m to help get health and wellbeing boards off the ground.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Form 'rebel' LEPs, PM's welfare adviser urges

By Mark Conrad | 30 June 2011

A leading welfare adviser has urged councils and their business partners to set up 'rebel'LEPs.

People

30 June 2011

Andrew Bunyan has joined Derby City Council as its new strategic director of children and young p...

People

30 June 2011

Rotherham MBC’s top ‘legal eagle’ retires this month, after an incredible 40 years service in loc...

WHITEHALL

Clegg announces community budgets expansion

By Heather Jameson | 30 June 2011

Community budget schemes will be expanded Nick Clegg confirms.

People

30 June 2011

Alan Geddes, depute chief executive and director of finance at Highland Council, has announced th...

People

30 June 2011

Coventry University has appointed Professor Mike Hardy as new executive director for the Institut...