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President's plea

29 January 2010

HR professionals need to ‘step up to the plate’ and put forward ideas to improve the councils the...

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Pay freeze 'slap in the face' say unions

29 January 2010

The local government pay freeze is a ‘slap in the face’ for local government workers, Unison’s he...

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Inspection bodies show reduced CAA burden

29 January 2010

Council inspection bodies will be asked to put together data on how they plan to reduce the burde...

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ICT cuts 'threaten efficiency savings'

29 January 2010

Local government efficiency savings could be ‘jeopardised’ as ICT departments are in danger of be...

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Awards deadline extended to 5 February

29 January 2010

The deadline for entry to the MJ Local Government Awards 2010 has been extended a further week to...

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Ownership call

29 January 2010

Senior local government staff must show the same ‘collective ownership’ of policy programmes as W...

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Commission gives its backing to council newspapers

29 January 2010

Council newspapers have been given the all-clear by the Audit Commission.

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LGA backs tighter rules in wake of Iceland crisis

29 January 2010

Local Government Association officials this week backed calls for tighter regulation of councils’...

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Moving on to the next stage in innovation

28 January 2010

There has long been a case for change from a customer perspective, and the current state of publi...

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Leaner times ahead

28 January 2010

James Rolfe describes five main workstreams in Enfield LBC’s ambitious Leaner programme.