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Soap Box

19 August 2009

We may well be into the lazy days of summer, but it is clear that democracy is all the rage. Secr...

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District View

19 August 2009

Dover has enjoyed a month of hugely-positive publicity generated by the celebration of our cultur...

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Plugged In

19 August 2009

Here in Kent, we are a pilot for the Total Place initiative – one of only a handful of the pilots...

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Think before you cut

19 August 2009

The UK’s recent financial focus has been on public spending cuts – but we should look more at gro...

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MPs call for whistle-blowers' charter to expose ministers

19 August 2009

Civil servants should be provided with ‘better and more accessible’ procedures through which they...

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Finance director's departure blow for PCT link-up

19 August 2009

Plans for closer working between councils and their primary care trusts (PCTs) have taken a hit w...

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Imagination and innovation in an age of austerity

19 August 2009

Andrew Collinge considers what strategy a future Conservative Government would take with councils.

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Why a total future must not be a total farce

19 August 2009

As the Total Place agenda gathers pace, The MJ held a round table event with local authority chie...

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A seamless approach to regulation

19 August 2009

Total Place pilot Worcestershire is already well advanced in aiming to completely join up regulat...

Access to better social care

19 August 2009

Brighton and Hove City Council is at the forefront of latest developments in social care, as Ken ...