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FINANCE

Good value pays off

21 April 2010

Birmingham City Council has saved £30m by awarding maintenance contracts for council housing to c...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Inventive exhibition

21 April 2010

Tameside MBC has unveiled the newest addition to its museum and galleries portfolio – ‘Waterworks...

WHITEHALL

LIT 'leverage' in hung parliament

21 April 2010

Local government pledges are at the forefront of the major parties’ general election manifestos, ...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Opinions clash over future strategy for care services

21 April 2010

The three main parties will go head-to-head again over the future of social care services.

WHITEHALL

Nothing woolly about vote promotion

21 April 2010

Sutton LBC decided to get sheepish to get young people to register to vote.

WHITEHALL

Education 'is key' to curbing rise of the far right

21 April 2010

Poor education, weak communities and low turnout rather than immigration are the real reasons for...

FINANCE

Strip minister of fund controls, urges LPFA

21 April 2010

The communities secretary should be stripped of direct control over local government’s £120bn pen...

WHITEHALL

Board commits to child protocol

21 April 2010

Worcestershire CC’s newly-established Children’s Trust Board will meet for the first time next we...

Innovation to drive CO2 strateg

21 April 2010

Speed controls for waste trucks, energy-efficient sports lighting, and innovative controls of ele...

WHITEHALL

Crime pays for local businesses

21 April 2010

West Berkshire Council has ploughed £14,000 into an initiative designed to keep the area’s indust...