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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Big Society 'will intensify North-South divide'

05 May 2011

A leading think-tank has warned the ‘Big Society’ would worsen the divide between the North and S...

Cuts 'will fuel abuse'

05 May 2011

Government spending cuts might put disabled people at risk of being abused by those who were jeal...

Green idea takes off

05 May 2011

The Stansted Airport Community Fund, part of the BAA Communities Trust, has awarded £50,000 to a ...

FINANCE

Union leaders warn of more strikes ahead

By Jamie Hailstone | 03 May 2011

Trade union leaders have warned that Britain faces a summer of public sector spending cuts.

WHITEHALL

Friends throw a punch

21 April 2011

It’s official, communities secretary, Eric Pickles, has won an award for ‘talking rubbish’...

WHITEHALL

Rival gets a Kane-ing

21 April 2011

MJ Towers was horrified to learn of police involvement in a Mancunian slanging match involving ac...

WHITEHALL

Dim view of Beacon

21 April 2011

You may be familiar with cutbacks to playgrounds, but playgrounds are still being built… sort of.

WHITEHALL

FOUR-WHEELDRIVEWOMAN... ON COUNCIL SPENDING

21 April 2011

Tarquin, stop that immediately or I shall cut your pocket money. And you know you wanted to keep ...

Hirsch to leave mid Devon DC

21 April 2011

A cost-saving move which could see Mid Devon DC sharing a chief executive with another local auth...

Langstaff to retire from Nottingham City Homes

21 April 2011

The chief executive of Nottingham City Homes, Chris Langstaff, has announced his intention to ret...