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Incentives offer to push co-operation

04 September 2008

Councils which work together to improve local employment, skills and growth rates will receive hi...

FINANCE

Dumfries and Galloway saves £9m

04 September 2008

The financial outlook for one Scottish council has significantly improved, thanks to an efficienc...

WHITEHALL

Cultivating reform

04 September 2008

Chris Leslie welcomes the White Paper’s plans for community budgets, and asks why the same princi...

WHITEHALL

Aussie Solution is Taylor Made

04 September 2008

Last week we had the world’s media at our doorstep. Phones didn’t stop ringing and the e-mails ch...

FINANCE

Hillingdon secures funds to deal with asylum children

04 September 2008

Hillingdon LBC has won its battle with the Government to secure an extra £4m for budgets to cover...

WHITEHALL

Soap Box

04 September 2008

There’s only one thing surer than rain in August, and that’s the certainty that a row will blow u...

FINANCE

Money Matters

03 September 2008

Recent media coverage over the local government pay dispute has highlighted the level of local au...

WHITEHALL

Councils fit for their new role

03 September 2008

How far has local government improved in recent years? Or more to the point, how far does the Gov...

WHITEHALL

Call to reject contractors 'unjustified' PFI fees

03 September 2008

Councils should refuse contractors who ask for extra fees to make changes to their private-financ...

Two councils Buckle up to share a chief

03 September 2008

David Buckle is the latest chief executive to run two councils.