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WHITEHALL

Leaders' fears over welfare agenda

11 February 2009

Plans to prevent a hike in long-term unemployment beyond ‘the worst recession for a century’ will...

WHITEHALL

Tories handed chance to scrap new unitaries

11 February 2009

A new Conservative Government could scupper plans for the latest round of new unitaries, followin...

FINANCE

Kemp blasts EU grants decision

11 February 2009

LGA deputy chairman, Richard Kemp, has criticised ministers for rejecting extra European Union ai...

WHITEHALL

Let councils decide on investments, MPs told

11 February 2009

A return to investment advice being handed down from Whitehall has been dismissed by the local go...

WHITEHALL

Watch out for election blight

11 February 2009

WHITEHALL

Pressure mounts to block CAA roll-out

11 February 2009

Inspectors this week vowed to plough on with the new Comprehensive Area Assessment, despite incre...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Green school fuel on trial

11 February 2009

WHITEHALL

More jobs face axe as slump hits budgets

11 February 2009

Hundreds more local authority jobs are to be axed, as council bosses struggle to cope with the do...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Blears to unveil 'green' strategy

11 February 2009

WHITEHALL

On the rebound

06 February 2009

Paul O’Brien shares the results of APSE’s new research on ‘insourcing’, which shows councils are ...