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Save our villages

27 September 2009

As our rural communities are populated more by the retired and second home owners, Ruth Davison w...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

The greening of Bradford

27 September 2009

A new regeneration project in the city of Bradford includes a six-acre park in the heart of the c...

WHITEHALL

Will management of change lead to change of management?

27 September 2009

Stephen Weigel says the downturn has forced councils to bring forward their own change plans.

WHITEHALL

Supreme challenge over wellbeing

25 September 2009

Harrow LBC and Brent LBC are set to launch a Supreme Court challenge against an Appeal Court ruli...

WHITEHALL

Making savings with 'no cost' to services

24 September 2009

Two councils have announced efficiency savings running into millions of pounds that will not hit ...

Show homes

24 September 2009

As work gets under way on 2,000 new homes, Ted Czerniak hopes it is just the start of a wide-scal...

WHITEHALL

Surrey loses its dunce's cap

24 September 2009

Judged the worst-performing county in the last CPA because of failings in children’s services, Su...

WHITEHALL

Signing up with the culture club

24 September 2009

For a small district, Fenland DC has learned to think big. Heather Jameson attended a recent cult...

WHITEHALL

Would we start from here

24 September 2009

If you were designing local government, you wouldn’t create what we have now, argues Stephen Tayl...

FINANCE

Opt-out 'not an option'

24 September 2009

Employers’ head, Jan Parkinson, has warned that attempts to opt out of the national pay bargainin...