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FINANCE

Councils have 'key role' to ease effects of slump

01 July 2009

The Association of Public Sector Excellence (APSE) has written to the Government urging ministers...

WHITEHALL

Two more districts to share top team

01 July 2009

Richmondshire and Hambleton DCs have revealed they will share a new chief executive, who they hav...

FINANCE

Uncertain future for troubled provider

01 July 2009

Time is running out to refinance the heavily-indebted social care provider, Four Seasons Healthca...

BUSINESS

Consultant wins top place

01 July 2009

Consultancy firm Capita Symonds has been awarded a place on the Government’s £750m public sector ...

HR giant snaps up ad firm

01 July 2009

An advertising firm responsible for handling local authority recruitment has been bought out, aft...

BUSINESS

Outsourcing 'losing appeal' says expert

01 July 2009

Public sector outsourcing is likely to become less attractive to private firms as spending cuts h...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Councillors blame Baby P for morale drop

01 July 2009

Nine out of 10 councillors think the public perception of social services has plummeted since the...

FINANCE

Slump hits tax revenues

01 July 2009

The level of council tax and business rates collected by England’s local authorities dropped this...

FINANCE

Housing benefit reward faces axe

01 July 2009

Local authorities will soon be forced to scrap a popular reward system for housing benefit recipi...

WHITEHALL

CIPFA reveals 40-point manifesto 'to reconnect'

01 July 2009

CIPFA has called on all Whitehall departments, including the CLG, to publish financial estimates ...