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WHITEHALL

Harrow named best achieving council

24 June 2011

The London borough of Harrow has been judged the best achieving council in the UK at the annual a...

WHITEHALL

COI closure 'makes no sense at all' rails Prospect chief

By Mark Conrad | 24 June 2011

Civil service unions in uproar over 'out of touch' closure of government ad-agency COI with loss ...

Merrick Cockell to be new LGA chairman

By Jamie Hailstone | 24 June 2011

Kensington and Chelsea RLBC leader Sir Merrick Cockell elected new chairman of the Local Governme...

Campbell urges councils to fight their corner

By Nick Appleyard | 24 June 2011

Former No 10 spin doctor Alistair Campbell praised the dedication of local government in his keyn...

FINANCE

Pensions flight could trigger stock market collapse, Eaton warns

By Jonathan Werran | 24 June 2011

Baroness Eaton warns Treasury insistence on applying increased pension contributions in local gov...

FINANCE

London Councils unveils capital business rate model

By Jonathan Werran | 24 June 2011

London Councils publishes first detailed proposals for pooling boroughs' business rates to encour...

ENVIRONMENT

Ministers announce sites of eight nuclear power plants

By Jonathan Werran | 23 June 2011

Ministers have published plans to build nuclear power stations at eight sites in the U.K.

Return of the living dead

23 June 2011

Dalek invasions in North Dorset... hmmm, perhaps not.

ENVIRONMENT

Pickles and Spelman not talking while bins row festers

By Jonathan Werran | 23 June 2011

Eric Pickles is refusing to talk with fellow cabinet minister Caroline Spelman.

FINANCE

Reforms threaten mass exodus from pension schemes, Hutton warns

By Jonathan Werran | 23 June 2011

Exodus from local government pensions scheme could occur warns Lord Hutton.