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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...

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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 ...

Agency now set to replace PfS quango

08 June 2011

Education quango, Partnerships for Schools (PfS), has been closed down and replaced with the Educ...

Inquiry will examine Hill's expenses from contractor

08 June 2011

The expanded legal inquiry into Suffolk CC’s chief executive, Andrea Hill, will scrutinise her re...

Books next chapter

08 June 2011

Two neighbouring London boroughs have begun consulting staff about merging their library services.

25% off Barry Quirk's new book

08 June 2011

The MJ is offering its readers 25% off the cover price of a new book on government by Lewisham LB...