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Norwich chief blasts High Court decision to quash unitary move

15 July 2010

The chief executive of Norwich City Council has hit out against the High Court decision to quash ...

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Joint supply deal could save £70m

15 July 2010

Leaders and elected mayors of the 12 local authorities and fire services in the North East have a...

HEALTH

Concerns over health reforms

15 July 2010

Councils have expressed fear they will be left to pick up the pieces if the Government’s health r...

FINANCE

Budget gamble faces major hurdles

14 July 2010

The Government decision to cut public spending quickly and sharply is a matter of policy and not ...

Soap Box

14 July 2010

Martin Horton on why it is essential to get to grips with poor performance

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Schools' agenda gets a caning

14 July 2010

Nick Raynsford says that the secretary of state for education has wielded a heavy-handed and cent...

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Tapping into the talent pool

09 July 2010

A cross-party ‘Be a councillor’ campaign has notched up some notable early success stories, as De...

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District View

09 July 2010

Donna Hall considers the challenges facing councils and sets out a plan of attack.

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£1.3m bill for PM's team hits drive to cut salaries

09 July 2010

The coalition government’s crusade to limit ‘excessive’ public sector pay deals has been dealt a ...

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Unions vow to fight plans to slash severance pay

09 July 2010

Whitehall trade unions have vowed to oppose, ‘root and branch’, ministers’ emergency plans to sla...