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WHITEHALL

Stop monitoring the public

30 September 2009

Do we really expect customers to defend local government against cuts when so many council initia...

WHITEHALL

What the future holds for the next generation of executives

30 September 2009

The sector’s top recruitment consultants were brought together last week by The MJ to discuss the...

WHITEHALL

Flagging-up the CAA challenge

30 September 2009

Robert Hill looks at the arrival of the new Comprehensive Area Assessments and what could follow,...

WHITEHALL

This is not the time to turn inwards

30 September 2009

Tight budgets should not be an excuse for UK local government to pull up the drawbridge and reduc...

FINANCE

Councils to get £500m for equal pay deals

30 September 2009

Councils will be allowed to borrow £500m in order to settle more backdated equal pay claims.

WHITEHALL

Top Whitehall projects are a 'poisoned chalice'

30 September 2009

Senior officials managing key Whitehall projects often view the role as a ‘poisoned chalice’ beca...

WHITEHALL

Spreading the pain?

30 September 2009

Government efforts to rein in public finances are likely to involve cuts in spending rather than ...

WHITEHALL

The lessons from Iceland

30 September 2009

A new report from the Local Government Association considers what has been learned in local counc...

Upping the dosage of quantitative easing

30 September 2009

Jim Brooks considers the current state of the economy, the options for improving it, and what it ...

WHITEHALL

Climate change fight must be embraced

30 September 2009

Climate change is not just an issue for the environmentalists, argues Stephen Cirell. Instead, it...