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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Whitehall 'to leave no stone unturned' in selling surplus land

By Jonathan Werran | 08 June 2011

Whitehall departments will publish plans releasing thousands of acres of derelict buildings and u...

FINANCE

Sub-contracts have hit council wages says TUC

By Mark Conrad | 08 June 2011

Local government’s 1980s outsourcing programme played a significant role in increasing national i...

Poor procurement 'costs millions'

08 June 2011

Poor and inconsistent public sector procurement is wasting millions of pounds, according to a new...

Mayor joins line-up

08 June 2011

London mayor, Boris Johnson, is keynote speaker at a major sustainability event supported by The ...

Calculated costs

08 June 2011

Local government’s cost to the taxpayer last year was £2,490 a head, and councils spent £168bn, a...

Suffolk voters send mixed results as majority rejects district merger

08 June 2011

More than 64,000 residents in central and south Suffolk failed to find common cause for merging B...

New standards prompt Ofsted study into adoption agencies

08 June 2011

Ofsted has launched a consultation, ending on 31 August, on proposed changes for the inspection o...

25% of authorities 'will not meet budgets'

08 June 2011

Surveys by two major suppliers warn that one-quarter of councils will not meet their budgets by 2...

'Cash rich' care firm refutes union claims

08 June 2011

The care sector’s second-biggest provider of local authority services has dismissed Unison’s sugg...

FINANCE

Government to use credit-checking agencies to battle fraud

By Jamie Hailstone | 08 June 2011

The Government is planning to save £1.2bn of taxpayer’s money by using credit checking companies ...