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South Derbyshire shows the way

01 September 2010

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Councils clash in lead-up to LEPs

23 August 2010

Councils are at loggerheads with their neighbours over the formation of local enterprise partners...

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Quarter of staff could go if cuts rely on job losses

20 August 2010

Local government could lose one-quarter of its staff – or 272,000 posts – if councils rely on red...

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Will the two-tier code be scrapped?

20 August 2010

The two-tier code was designed to protect staff working in out-sourced council services. Now, the...

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Few tears shed over axed body

19 August 2010

Friday the 13th certainly lived up to the worst-possible expectations this month for staff at the...

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Landing councils in trouble

19 August 2010

We received some unwelcome news last week, when central government announced that from 17 August,...

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'Table' reveals anomalies of staffing costs

19 August 2010

An unofficial ‘league table’ of how much each Cabinet minister spends on salaries within their pr...

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Top retail boss 'not sure how much cash' can be saved

19 August 2010

Retail guru, Sir Philip Green, has admitted he had ‘no idea’ how much cash could be saved through...

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Sending out the wrong message over funding

19 August 2010

CLG finance officials were forced to write to all council chief executives last week, after mista...

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DWP overrides court on benefit payments

19 August 2010

Local authorities have been told they can continue to recover housing benefit and council tax ove...