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WHITEHALL

Innovation is the key to success

04 March 2009

Councils need greater freedom to innovate, if they are to deliver the very best services for loca...

FINANCE

Radical shift needed to avoid 'decade of cuts'

04 March 2009

Councils face a decade of cuts due to zero and minus grant settlements, unless there is a radical...

WHITEHALL

Changing the rules just isn't fair play!

04 March 2009

Both the Government and the Conservative Party have still got a lot to learn from the public’s la...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

A needle in a haystack

04 March 2009

Looking for evidence of child abuse is like searching for a needle in a haystack. But the task is...

Harvesting new homes techniques

04 March 2009

Building affordable, desirable and environmentally-friendly homes would cut carbon emissions, in ...

FINANCE

On track for savings

04 March 2009

In the latest of our series on the regional and improvement efficiency partnerships programme, Pa...

WHITEHALL

Having your say and enjoying it

04 March 2009

Councils really need to be more imaginative if they want people to be more involved in consultati...

FINANCE

Money Matters

02 March 2009

We are at that time of year when, hopefully, finance directors are beginning to see some light at...

WHITEHALL

District View

02 March 2009

When everyone can overcome the difficulties of this year’s budget pressures, the recession and th...

WHITEHALL

Councils show their concerns

02 March 2009

It is unlikely that pensioners will be out on the streets with placards thanking their local coun...