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WHITEHALL

A new association is born

08 October 2009

The role of what used to be committee clerk – and today, democratic services staff – has changed ...

WHITEHALL

Plugged In

08 October 2009

Claire Fox, director of the Institute of Ideas and regular contributor to The MJ, succeeded in fu...

WHITEHALL

Checking all the small print on those election promises

08 October 2009

Ministers at last week’s Labour Party conference dipped deep into local government’s coffers to m...

WHITEHALL

Reasons to be cheerful

08 October 2009

Derek Myers offers an antidote to the current gloom and doom engulfing local authorities

WHITEHALL

Tories 'are set to keep inspection'

08 October 2009

Despite cynicism over Conservative plans to scrap inspection, the party does not plan to introduc...

WHITEHALL

Efficiency 'champion' steps down

08 October 2009

WHITEHALL

Employers block bid to rethink chiefs' pay

08 October 2009

Chief executives’ union ALACE has ‘reluctantly’ agreed to settle for a pay freeze for its members...

FINANCE

Councillors with financial know-how are 'essential'

07 October 2009

WHITEHALL

Leader launches blistering attack on minister

07 October 2009

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

We admit it, we are failures, says Birmingham

07 October 2009