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WHITEHALL

Not so retiring John stays on

04 February 2009

Heather Jameson meets John Ransford, the newly-appointed, third chief executive of the LGA

WHITEHALL

'Pool resources' plan to finance capital projects

04 February 2009

Council leaders have proposed pooling billions of pounds to help big infrastructure projects get ...

WHITEHALL

Efficiency 'should be based on place'

04 February 2009

Councils should ditch their focus on bespoke service budgets and consider using all public money ...

WHITEHALL

Call for sector's status to be raised in national politics

04 February 2009

WHITEHALL

No support to help the press

04 February 2009

Calls by MPs for local newspapers to get financial support through the economic downturn have bee...

BUSINESS

Scots 'wasting millions' on external consultants

04 February 2009

Scotland’s devolved government was this week accused of wasting millions of pounds on external co...

BUSINESS

Region's firms lack skills, claims survey

04 February 2009

BUSINESS

Council's food factory take-over is right recipe for securing local jobs

04 February 2009

Northumberland county council has briefly run a food factory to save 190 jobs.

WHITEHALL

Minister's new push for after-school activity

04 February 2009

The children’s minister has called on councils to promote out-of-hours activities for children.

WHITEHALL

Councils set to return to mortgage lending

04 February 2009

Councils look set to return to offering mortgages for first-time buyers after officials admitted ...