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WHITEHALL

Offload 'non-vital' services, sector told

05 November 2009

Councils must privatise ‘non-vital’ local services – such as libraries and leisure centres – if ...

WHITEHALL

On track for transformation at Tameside

05 November 2009

Winner of The MJ’s best-achieving council award as well as a four-star performer Tameside MBC has...

WHITEHALL

Why tough choices need tough responses

05 November 2009

A new report this week from think-tank Localis and KPMG says local government needs to reconsider...

WHITEHALL

Welcome to the age of austerity

04 November 2009

In the current political climate, where the parties vie to outdo each other on cuts, SOLACE and C...

WHITEHALL

We need jobs, not jobsworthies

04 November 2009

Employers are increasingly turning to local government to provide jobs and training as unemployme...

WHITEHALL

Mandarins blast Conservative plans for fixed-term contracts

04 November 2009

The leader of the association representing Whitehall mandarins has attacked Conservative proposal...

TfL still in the driving seat to oversee Tube maintenance

04 November 2009

Transport for London has retained control over maintenance and upgrades on most of the capital’s ...

WHITEHALL

Time for a new dawn with sunset clauses

04 November 2009

In our over-regulated society, sunset clauses have a real value in ensuring outdated legislation ...

FINANCE

The choices for wise investing

04 November 2009

Councils’ treasury management is big business, with English local authority investment standing a...

FINANCE

There's plenty of life left in private-finance initiatives

04 November 2009