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LGiU urges rethink over care finance

02 March 2011

Questions have been raised regarding the provision of social care from councils, including how it...

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English cities 'lag'

02 March 2011

Cities in the UK are underperforming their European counterparts due to a lack of investment, a n...

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Staff join protest over jobs cull

02 March 2011

Unison has staged a strike against budgetary cuts at Nottingham CC with more than 3,000 local gov...

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£1.5m joint savings

02 March 2011

Two Derbyshire district councils have signed a strategic alliance to save £1.5m a year.

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City gets ambassador

02 March 2011

Leeds City Council will appoint a ‘city ambassador’ to become chief executive of the city’s new m...

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Mounting pressure forces Audit Commission to scale back fees

02 March 2011

The Audit Commission will cut its fees by 5%-10% in 2011/12 and give additional rebates to the se...

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Cuts to the third sector

02 March 2011

The scale of spending reductions to local government and the way they are front-loaded means not ...

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Efficiencies 'must go beyond back office'

02 March 2011

Shared service efficiencies will normally save just 20% of back office costs, and 40% in a best-c...

Court is still out over New Homes Bonus

By James Evison | 02 March 2011

Questions are still being asked regarding the implementation of the New Homes Bonus (NHB), with o...

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'No problem if LEPs overlap' claims leader

02 March 2011

Concerns surrounding overlapping local enterprise partnerships (LEP) ‘shouldn’t be seen as a prob...