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WHITEHALL

Pickles ignores MPs in crackdown on 'Pravdas'

05 April 2011

New publicity rules for councils, which prohibit publishing more than four municipal newspapers a...

HEALTH

Minister unveils £1.4m grant to support carers

05 April 2011

The Government has launched a £1.39m fund to support local projects across the country which help...

WHITEHALL

Heseltine backs mayor proposals

05 April 2011

Former deputy prime minister, Lord Heseltine has told Conservative councillors he is ‘appalled’ a...

BUSINESS

Tribal sells subsidiary to international rival for £1

05 April 2011

One of the biggest public sector recruiters in the country – Tribal Group – has sold off part of ...

FINANCE

Compromises help ease pressure to cut services

05 April 2011

Council finance directors have scaled back their original plans to slash public services, followi...

WHITEHALL

Supplier rules being relaxed to help SMEs

05 April 2011

Whitehall procurement rules will be streamlined under coalition plans to ensure small companies, ...

Sector faces massive job cuts warn chiefs

05 April 2011

Charity chiefs have warned more than 20,000 third sector workers could lose their jobs as a resul...

WHITEHALL

A patronising view by the state

05 April 2011

David Cameron’s speech denouncing state multiculturalism as a failed project is worth mulling ove...

FINANCE

After the bloodletting

05 April 2011

Now the local government finance settlement has been decided,Stephen Jones looks at what its impl...

WHITEHALL

Our funding system needs reform

05 April 2011

A new commission has been set up to push for a reformed funding system which allows city councils...