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WHITEHALL

Scottish councils set for strike chaos

11 September 2008

Scottish councils are to be hit with a second wave of industrial action as 150,000 employees prep...

South Norfolk finds a chief

11 September 2008

South Norfolk DC has hired its new chief executive from Norfolk CC after a search which even saw ...

FINANCE

Police can't find coppers

11 September 2008

Police investigating £38,000 that went missing at a district council in Suffolk have closed their...

Newcastle steps in to help the local housing market

11 September 2008

Newcastle City Council is poised to become the first local authority to buy up houses under Gover...

BUSINESS

Liverpool reviews value of BT ICT partnership

11 September 2008

Liverpool City Council has hired a ‘critical friend’ to investigate whether a joint venture, cost...

WHITEHALL

Report backs councils to manage prisons

11 September 2008

Prisons should come under the control of local authorities, the Commission on English Prisons has...

BUSINESS

Welsh councils, latest to dabble in oil futures

11 September 2008

Welsh councils are the latest local authorities to express an interest in bulk buying fuel on the...

WHITEHALL

Council pension fund fears over windfall tax

11 September 2008

Local government’s proposed £2.5bn ‘windfall tax’ on energy companies could backfire by hitting c...

FINANCE

Benefit row threatens new Scots local income tax plan

11 September 2008

A tug of war between the Scottish Nationalist Government and Whitehall over £400m in council tax ...

Exclusive: Top Bank of England official calls for home ownership rethink

10 September 2008

A top official at the Bank of England and adviser to the Government on housing has urged a rethin...