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WHITEHALL

Time to regain the initiative

03 December 2008

Local government's reputation has taken a battering over the past few weeks. Now it's time for th...

WHITEHALL

Social care on thin ice

03 December 2008

Fall out from the Baby P case could have serious implications for the localism agenda, says Nick ...

WHITEHALL

Life on Mars?

03 December 2008

Derek Allen, executive director of LACORS, goes back to his roots by spending a day as a frontlin...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Now to rebuild reputations

03 December 2008

BUSINESS

PFI projects face delays

02 December 2008

Town halls are facing significant delays to private-finance projects as a result of the credit cr...

FINANCE

Rate relief on empty properties

02 December 2008

Chancellor Alistair Darling has postponed the imposition of higher business rates on empty commer...

FINANCE

Town halls face NI bill

02 December 2008

Councils could be hit with a £130m hike in annual payroll costs, following Alistair Darling’s dec...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Report urges reduction in red tape

02 December 2008

A new report is urging a cull of bureaucracy in the planning application process, to make it work...

WHITEHALL

Financial chiefs give unitary views

02 December 2008

Finance advisers have submitted their views on the affordability of three unitary proposals to th...

Recruiters' alluring attractions

02 December 2008

Two councils have run interactive recruitment adverts in a bid to lure interest.