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BUSINESS

Strategy proving to be the right pathway to youth employment

18 May 2009

Officials at the Department for Work and Pensions can celebrate initial success in their attempt ...

FINANCE

UK public bodies 'among worst' for paying bills

18 May 2009

UK public bodies are among the worst in Europe for paying their invoices on time, costing the eco...

WHITEHALL

Soap Box

18 May 2009

Almost 30 years of Labour rule in Lancashire could end next month, bringing to power a controvers...

WHITEHALL

Learning to save

18 May 2009

Children unable to attend school require expensive alternative education provision. But, as deman...

WHITEHALL

Drawing up high standards

15 May 2009

As Westminster faces an outcry over MPs’ expenses, David Prince asks why local government has not...

WHITEHALL

Councils await local newspaper decision

15 May 2009

Councils will find out next month if their bid to enter local media markets contravenes competiti...

WHITEHALL

Time runs out for Stoke as minister intervenes

15 May 2009

Local government minister, John Healey, intervened at Stoke on Trent City Council, because member...

WHITEHALL

Plugged In

14 May 2009

The recent Budget merely confirmed what most of us already knew – the years of massive investment...

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...