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Mayors' casting votes put Labour in charge at Reading

01 June 2011

Labour took control of Reading Council last week, thanks to casting votes by both its outgoing an...

ENVIRONMENT

Nuclear move prompts localism scepticism

01 June 2011

Questions have been raised about the Government’s localism agenda, after plans have been approved...

WHITEHALL

Road repair fears

01 June 2011

Concern has been raised in Dorset that spending cuts could undermine efforts by highways chiefs t...

WHITEHALL

Challenge goes live

01 June 2011

The first of five programmes highlighting stages in the 2011 Local Government Challenge has been ...

BUSINESS

Waste company plans £150m UK expansion

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 June 2011

The waste management giant, Shanks Group, has announced a £150m three-year investment programme t...

Hanningfield 'guilty'

01 June 2011

Former Essex CC leader, Lord Hanningfield, has been found guilty on six counts of false accounting.

WHITEHALL

County's child centres 'are safe'

01 June 2011

Hampshire CC has restated its commitment to keep open all 81 of its children’s centres and mainta...

BUSINESS

Cambridgeshire 'open for business'

01 June 2011

Cambridgeshire is open for business and ready to help the nation, according to Cllr Nick Clarke, ...

WHITEHALL

SOCITM unveils second IT strategy

01 June 2011

SOCITM has published a document marking the second phase of its strategy to use technology to ref...

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Democratic choice for delegates

01 June 2011

LEPS, localism and the future shape of local service delivery will come under the spotlight at So...