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Sweetener fails to offset taste of cuts

16 December 2010

England’s most deprived communities will be hit hardest by this week’s local spending cuts –descr...

Don't cut funding to the voluntary sector

16 December 2010

Many councils are reducing or slashing grants to voluntary organisations because they are easy ta...

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Watch out for contract challenges

16 December 2010

Many local authorities are considering how contracts can now be restructured or even extended to ...

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It's been bad news all along

15 December 2010

The Treasury used to soften public opinion leading up to a Budget by leaking, the previous weeken...

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Leaders' anger over plans for 12 mayors

15 December 2010

Council leaders have hit out at the Government’s plans to push directly-elected mayors on to Engl...

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Builders welcome rule amendment

15 December 2010

Last-minute changes to rules for communities approving housing developments in the Localism Bill ...

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Cuts leaves road repair crews in a hole

15 December 2010

The Government has slashed local transport capital funding by almost 0ne-quarter (22%), leaving c...

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Liverpool slashes managers and pay to save £4.5m

15 December 2010

Liverpool City Council has announced it will slash top tier pay to save more than £4.5m a year.

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Minister pins hopes on new powers to deliver

15 December 2010

Local government minister, Bob Neill, has urged councils to ‘seize the initiative’ and use radica...

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Powerful message

15 December 2010

Councils must ensure local people are able to hold them to account, the Centre for Public Scrutin...