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Social care concern

12 February 2010

More than over 70 councillors with responsibility for social care have voiced concerns for the Go...

WHITEHALL

Surrey on top

12 February 2010

The public have more confidence in the police and local authorities’ ability to tackle anti-socia...

WHITEHALL

New leader for Essex CC

12 February 2010

Essex CC has announced its new leader, following the resignation of Lord Hanningfield. Cllr Peter...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Ex-LBC chief to head up social care council

12 February 2010

Former Hackney LBC chief executive, Penny Thompson, will succeed Paul Snell as new chief executiv...

WHITEHALL

Minister's stout defence of 'job-creating RDAs'

12 February 2010

Local government minister, Rosie Winterton, has launched a robust defence of regional development...

WHITEHALL

Councils called in as disaster crisis squad

12 February 2010

Specialist council teams will be drafted in to rebuild war-torn countries such as Afghanistan, an...

WHITEHALL

Top agency says UK councils will weather financial storm

12 February 2010

WHITEHALL

Protecting the public

10 February 2010

London-based Derek Allen, head of the regulatory services body LACORS, reports on a recent trip t...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Cornwall's green agenda

10 February 2010

In the first of a series of three articles, Julian German and Stephen Cirell explain how the new ...

WHITEHALL

Trading places for Whitehall

10 February 2010

With several of local government’s top staff being poached by Whitehall, The MJ hosted a roundtab...