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Residents get to grips with grit

10 November 2010

More than 7,000 residents have taken up Sutton LBC’s offer of grit to use on the footpaths, pavem...

FINANCE

Seasonal advice to avoid debt

10 November 2010

Solihull MBC is encouraging residents to budget ahead of Christmas, to avoid debt issues in the n...

WHITEHALL

'Special' measures for debate

10 November 2010

Somerset CC put in place ‘special arrangements’ this week to deal with hundreds of protesters who...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Government's 'radical shift' to free up planning

10 November 2010

The Government has revealed it will ‘radically shift’ planning powers to local authority level.

WHITEHALL

Police authorities set to be abolished

10 November 2010

The Government has revealed its reform of the Home Office would see police authorities abolished,...

WHITEHALL

Minister presses on to banish 'Pravdas'

10 November 2010

The battle over the council newspapers, dubbed ‘town hall Pravdas’, has been stepped up by the co...

WHITEHALL

Top recyclers adopted fortnightly bin rounds

10 November 2010

The decision by the communities secretary to axe guidance on weekly bin collections has been chal...

WHITEHALL

First steps for Midlands link

10 November 2010

Nottingham City Council has teamed up with Leicestershire CC to share administrative functions.

WHITEHALL

'Adapt to low carbon society' ADEPT tells sector

10 November 2010

Local government has been urged to help build up local resilience to the effects of climate chang...

Cast iron success

10 November 2010

Two members of Shropshire Council’s environment team have won an international iron smelting cont...