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'Escape clause' planned

24 November 2010

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

WHITEHALL

Councils 'should focus' on health and wellbeing

24 November 2010

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

WHITEHALL

Residents' choice

24 November 2010

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

WHITEHALL

Walsall gets stick

24 November 2010

Officials at Walsall MBC have been forced to remove all drumsticks from a local music exhibition ...

WHITEHALL

WMFS video nasty

24 November 2010

The West Midlands Fire Service has been criticised for ‘wasting’ taxpayers’ cash, and for racial ...

WHITEHALL

Libraries study

24 November 2010

Public libraries – under threat from the government’s public spending cuts – hold a ‘special plac...

BUSINESS

Study warning over reliance on supermarkets for renewal

24 November 2010

Relying on supermarkets to drive forward town centre redevelopments could be a costly mistake, th...

HEALTH

Shared services can save NHS £600m claims study

24 November 2010

A new report has highlighted £600m of savings that could be ploughed back into NHS frontline serv...

HEALTH

NHS projects breakaway under RTR scheme

24 November 2010

Health secretary Andrew Lansley has announced that 32 local projects will leave the NHS and becom...

HEALTH

Authorities urged to extend care budgets to all

24 November 2010

Health minister Paul Burstow has called on councils to provide personal care budgets for everyone...