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WHITEHALL

A week under the spotlight

06 August 2009

As the new Comprehensive Area Assessment regime comes into force, CAA lead for Tyne and Wear, Dav...

WHITEHALL

Why the employers feel stuck between a rock and a hard place

06 August 2009

Last week The MJ ran an exclusive story about the national employers’ revised local government pa...

WHITEHALL

Districts to share chief in partnership agreement

06 August 2009

East Hampshire and neighbouring Havant DCs have moved a step closer to sharing a chief executive,...

FINANCE

Exclusive: CLG under new pressure over pension fund laws

06 August 2009

Local government lawyers wrote to Whitehall officials six years ago, asking for clarity over rule...

FINANCE

Council housing finance reform – rewards and risks

05 August 2009

Ian Doolittle looks at the Government’s new plans for the future of the housing revenue account.

WHITEHALL

Come on, come on let's work together…

05 August 2009

David Shakespeare argues that innovative, locally-led change is the key to unlocking the efficien...

Capital woman in the suburbs

05 August 2009

Richmond upon Thames LBC chief executive, Gillian Norton, tells Heather Jameson about her past in...

FINANCE

Exclusive: Use town hall cash to fight RBS says lawyer

30 July 2009

The US lawyer helping local government pension funds sue the Royal Bank of Scotland has dismissed...

FINANCE

Capping Surrey police 'lacks common sense'

30 July 2009

The leader of Surrey CC has condemned the Government’s decision to cap Surrey Police Authority as...

WHITEHALL

Exclusive: Parties split in storm over revised pay offer

30 July 2009

A deep split has emerged between local government leaders over the employers’ decision last week ...