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London boroughs fined for data breaches

09 February 2011

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Ealing and Hounslow LBCs a total of £150,00...

LGiU names top councillors

09 February 2011

Shadow communities secretary Caroline Flint praised the work of councillors when she spoke at las...

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Soapbox

07 February 2011

Martin Horton is unmoved by the notion of 'self-help government'.

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Local authority 'best for Europe'

07 February 2011

Local and regional authorities should be a core part of European governance, and not just a partn...

Halsall ready to Phil Ged's shoes

07 February 2011

Lancashire CC’s executive director of resources, Phil Halsall, has taken up his new post as the l...

ENVIRONMENT

Growing fears over forest sell-off

07 February 2011

The Cumbria Leaders’ Board has stated it has ‘considerable misgivings’ about the sale of its publ...

FINANCE

Spending a penny costs too much

07 February 2011

Chichester DC has decided to close a number of public toilets, in a bid to save the authority £90...

Appeal to spare jobs programme

07 February 2011

The mayor of London is being urged to save a scheme in Harrow which has saved taxpayers £1m a yea...

Focus on Glamorgan

07 February 2011

The Auditor General for Wales has published a report on Vale of Glamorgan Council, analysing how ...

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Pickles moves from cuts to tackle extremism

07 February 2011

Communities secretary, Eric Pickles, will shortly turn his attention to the DCLG’s crucial ‘commu...