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Homes agency becomes enabling body

24 November 2010

Housing minister Grant Shapps has announced plans to overhaul the Homes and Communities Agency by...

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New powers to set

24 November 2010

Councils could be handed powers to set local business rate discounts to encourage economic growth...

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LGA chief agrees to two thirds pay cut

24 November 2010

Government pressure has forced LGA chief John Ransford to cut his pay package by two thirds to le...

Gove backtracks on school funding

24 November 2010

Schools secretary, Michael Gove, has performed a major U-turn by dropping his plans to centralise...

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Kerslake announces directors

24 November 2010

Two director generals (DGs) have been named in the shake-up of top tier management at the Departm...

FINANCE

Taxable homes up

24 November 2010

The number of homes that qualified for council tax payments increased by 133,000 across England l...

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Newham cuts new chief's salary by £45k

24 November 2010

Newham LBC has hired Kim Bromley-Derry as its new chief executive – at a considerably lower salar...

'Escape clause' planned

24 November 2010

Ministers are already preparing back-up plans to scrap the controversial two-year social housing ...

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Councils 'should focus' on health and wellbeing

24 November 2010

Councils could take a proactive approach to improving residents’ wellbeing, according to Local Go...

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Residents' choice

24 November 2010

Nine projects from around the country have been selected to take part in the ‘Your Local Budget’ ...