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Committee calls for 'radical' overhaul of Barnett formula

28 May 2009

MPs have called for a radical overhaul of the Barnett formula for distributing government funding...

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Cameron joins the localist bandwagon

28 May 2009

David Cameron this week responded to the UK’s democratic crisis by promising to devolve significa...

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Aberdeen hunts for new top team

27 May 2009

Aberdeen City Council has launched a search for a new top team, in a bid to escape its recent dif...

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New post for former Hillingdon chief Leatham

27 May 2009

Former Hillingdon LBC chief executive, Dorian Leatham, is to chair a new advisory group set up by...

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Pathfinder success 'wiped out by recession'

27 May 2009

The success of housing Pathfinder programmes in the North and Midlands could be completely wiped ...

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Business as usual for beleaguered Blears

27 May 2009

Communities and local government secretary, Hazel Blears, shrugged off media criticism of her exp...

New council support comes from above

27 May 2009

The newly-formed Cheshire East Council has the blessing of the Church of England.

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Union claims sector morale at all time low

27 May 2009

A public sector union has upped the stakes in the battle over pay, by claiming morale among counc...

One-third of schools 'fail excluded pupils'

27 May 2009

Almost one-third of schools fail to provide excluded pupils with suitable alternative education, ...

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Welsh councils resist pressure to link services

27 May 2009

Three councils in Wales have vowed to go it alone – despite pressure to deliver efficiencies in ...