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WHITEHALL

Pickles 'to ignore' Hutton

05 April 2011

DCLG ministers are sticking to their campaign against senior council salaries despite this week’s...

HEALTH

Councils urged to focus on 'mental well-being'

05 April 2011

Mental well-being has become an ‘emerging priority’ for local authorities, but councils ‘struggle...

HEALTH

Bill amended amid 'NHS privatisation tax' opposition

05 April 2011

Health secretary Andrew Lansley has withdrawn a controversial ‘NHS privatisation tax’ from his fl...

BUSINESS

Firms in bidding war for Mouchel

05 April 2011

Engineering firm Costain has claimed it is still in the running to buy Mouchel, despite the suppo...

FINANCE

Council fears over pensions timetable

05 April 2011

Town hall finance and human resources departments face a race against time to deliver the huge ad...

WHITEHALL

Counting the cost of civil service wages

05 April 2011

Failure to control civil service salaries and weak personnel management are threatening Whitehall...

Charities prompted to team up for services

05 April 2011

The chief executive of Social Investment Business has called for charities to join forces and bid...

WHITEHALL

We must protect the frontline

05 April 2011

There is a credible alternative to frontline job losses and the resultant cuts in services. It in...

WHITEHALL

Hutton's blueprint for reform

05 April 2011

Senior and middle management could emerge as the biggest losers in Lord Hutton’s plans for an ove...

WHITEHALL

Exclusive: Miliband urges greater council role in localism

05 April 2011

Coalition plans to bypass local authorities through decentralised health, education and police re...