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FINANCE

Staff asked to take unpaid leave, consider redundancy or cut hours

06 August 2009

A district council in Oxfordshire has written to its staff asking them to consider taking unpaid ...

WHITEHALL

Union issues 10-point plan and calls for a rethink on child protection

06 August 2009

Union leaders have published a 10-point plan to improve child protection and recruit more social ...

WHITEHALL

Suggestions win over LGA

06 August 2009

Local authorities have drawn up a shopping list of 300 bright ideas to change legislation, stream...

WHITEHALL

Essex blueprint seeks accountability

06 August 2009

Essex CC has drawn up its own radical blueprint for improving local services and making the count...

Uncomfortable end to chair dispute

06 August 2009

Southend-on-Sea Council worker, Kay Fagg, has been awarded £10,000 in compensation for having to ...

WHITEHALL

Stoke leader backs mayor system

06 August 2009

The new leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Council has said he wanted to retain a directly-elected may...

BUSINESS

Agilisys links with group for £34m schools boost

06 August 2009

A £32m deal has been confirmed in the latest stage of the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) p...

BUSINESS

Leisurely new start

06 August 2009

Two local government management consultancies have announced they are to merge.

BUSINESS

Viridor on course for growth

06 August 2009

Viridor, one of the UK’s leading resource and waste-management companies, looks set for major exp...

FINANCE

Leaders seek a mutual deal

06 August 2009

Local government leaders are ramping up their campaign for clear new laws that would allow counci...