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CLIMATE CHANGE

Lifting ban on selling electricity earns fans

15 July 2010

The Local Government Association (LGA) has welcomed the coalition’s decision to overturn the ban ...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Councils face more pressure to cut carbon dioxide

15 July 2010

The coalition has thrown down the gauntlet to local government to identify barriers preventing co...

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Labour's 'conservatism stymied localist agenda'

15 July 2010

The former Labour Government’s approach to localism was stymied by a ‘conservatism’ towards devol...

John's lifetime achievement

15 July 2010

Winners of the Council Worker of the Year Awards 2010 have been confirmed.

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MPs' watchdog may check local budgets

15 July 2010

Parliament’s select committee system could be extended to monitor more local spending, if ministe...

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City boss questions 'more for less' strategy

15 July 2010

The leader of Newcastle-upon- Tyne City Council challenged the Government’s ‘doing more for less’...

Tebbit's warning over jobs fight

15 July 2010

Conservative peer, Lord Tebbit, has warned town halls to be ‘careful not to fight yesterday’s bat...

Housing cash to help vulnerable

15 July 2010

Leeds City Council is considering spending £4.6m of Housing Revenue Account (HRA) cash on improvi...

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Beyond Total Place

15 July 2010

The success of Total Place will not be judged by whether its name continues but whether or not th...

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Thriving in Forest

15 July 2010

Bracknell Forest Council has met the IDeA’s achieving level of equality framework.