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FINANCE

No more 'negligent'

14 May 2009

Last week, Havering LBC launched its bid to get the Audit Commission to make a U-turn over its de...

The learning revolution

14 May 2009

John Denham discusses the Government’s new White Paper, The learning revolution,and what local au...

WHITEHALL

Procurement revolution will come at a price

14 May 2009

Managing the commissioning process will require even more officer skills as budgets grow ever tig...

FINANCE

Councils urged to drive new jobs to beat slump

14 May 2009

Councils must take the lead on job creation in a bid to help push the country out of recession, l...

WHITEHALL

The hole in the body politic

14 May 2009

WHITEHALL

Will the next big council buzz word be 'decommissioning'?

13 May 2009

The public spending crisis means difficult decisions will need to be taken about whether to provi...

WHITEHALL

Divided we fall

13 May 2009

Are the health and local government sectors working as best they can together? Michael Burton joi...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Fostering a savings culture

13 May 2009

Many councils are failing to get enough local foster carers on their books, and so are increasing...

WHITEHALL

Finding the right touch

13 May 2009

Derek Allen looks at the regulatory lessons which can be learned from the current financial crisis.

WHITEHALL

Thousands more jobs to go

13 May 2009

Predictions from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and financial servic...