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The answer lies in the place

09 December 2010

Implementing spending cuts in silos, without looking across the whole local public sector to all...

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What next for sector-led improvement?

09 December 2010

The Local Government Group (LGG) has been consulting on creating a new voluntary regime of sector...

Luton leads six-council BSF battle to the courts

09 December 2010

The fight to save several scrapped Building Schools for the Future (BSF) projects is set to go to...

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Planning system gets radical overhaul

09 December 2010

Ministers have revealed details of planning reforms, ahead of the Localism Bill, which will see c...

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Control shift as powers move to communities

09 December 2010

Councils and communities have been handed wide-ranging new powers over public services under Eric...

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Home rule but not for long-term tenancies

09 December 2010

Housing laws will be overhauled in the Localism Bill with an increased focus on community involve...

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Elected mayors under scrutiny

09 December 2010

Plans for directly elected mayors in the 12 major English cities are thought to have been a huge ...

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Boris wins big concessions

09 December 2010

London mayor Boris Johnson has been the biggest beneficiary of the devolution agenda.

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Pickles senior pay battle opens new front in Bill

09 December 2010

Communities secretary Eric Pickles appears to have re-written the Localism Bill to include a clau...

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Hampshire pair to go amid restructure

08 December 2010

Two members of Hampshire CC’s top team are retiring as the county council merges two key departme...