Title

Tourism bosses' fears as Blackpool axes top jobs

08 June 2011

Local tourist groups have expressed concern over Blackpool Council’s decision to axe five senior ...

Strike action may take a toll as pay battle escalates

08 June 2011

Ongoing strike action by 40 car park attendants, which has extended to 20 toll collectors working...

FINANCE

Arm's length to be out of reach

08 June 2011

Councillors at Glasgow City Council have been banned from receiving extra cash for working on arm...

Sale helps Cardiff recoup losses

08 June 2011

Cardiff City Council has sold its first vacant property in order to reduce its council tax and un...

A clean start for Devon partners

08 June 2011

A new joint venture between Devon CC and facilities-management provider, Norse Commercial Service...

Tenants' accounts find new home

08 June 2011

Social housing tenants at North Tyneside MBC can now access their account details online.

HEALTH

Miliband calls for cross-party social care talks

By Jamie Hailstone | 08 June 2011

Labour leader Ed Miliband has called for cross-party talks on the future of social care.

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...