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This is not the time to turn inwards

30 September 2009

Tight budgets should not be an excuse for UK local government to pull up the drawbridge and reduc...

FINANCE

Councils to get £500m for equal pay deals

30 September 2009

Councils will be allowed to borrow £500m in order to settle more backdated equal pay claims.

WHITEHALL

Top Whitehall projects are a 'poisoned chalice'

30 September 2009

Senior officials managing key Whitehall projects often view the role as a ‘poisoned chalice’ beca...

WHITEHALL

Spreading the pain?

30 September 2009

Government efforts to rein in public finances are likely to involve cuts in spending rather than ...

WHITEHALL

The lessons from Iceland

30 September 2009

A new report from the Local Government Association considers what has been learned in local counc...

Upping the dosage of quantitative easing

30 September 2009

Jim Brooks considers the current state of the economy, the options for improving it, and what it ...

WHITEHALL

Climate change fight must be embraced

30 September 2009

Climate change is not just an issue for the environmentalists, argues Stephen Cirell. Instead, it...

WHITEHALL

Customer focus is at district level

29 September 2009

In response to Nick Raynsford’s recent Viewpoint predicting a move towards more unitaries distri...

WHITEHALL

First thoughts on the new inspection regime

28 September 2009

With inspections under the new CAA well under way, The MJ/Audit Commission roundtable on CAA last...