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BUSINESS

IT efficiency deal set to save £60m over four years

28 January 2009

Gloucestershire CC has agreed a multimillion-pound efficiency deal with Capgemini.

BUSINESS

Care home finance deadline extended

28 January 2009

Councils and the Government are watching to see if a care home chain, with debts totalling £1.5bn...

WHITEHALL

Healey's zero tax tour

28 January 2009

Mark Conrad, chief reporter on LocalGov's sister title The MJ, last week accompanied the local go...

WHITEHALL

Icelandic banking crisis could 'destabilise' new unitary's finances

28 January 2009

The Icelandic banking crisis is threatening to destabilise finances at the new unitary authority ...

The MJ Home Page

28 January 2009

WHITEHALL

City pays the price of not sharing

28 January 2009

Allerdale BC’s refusal of joint working with neighbouring Carlisle City Council could force the c...

WHITEHALL

CIH urges housing fund reform

28 January 2009

Government proposals to kick-start the social housing sector have been dismissed as ‘insufficient’.

Olympic legacy will include 'affordable' homes says Jowell

28 January 2009

Olympics minister, Tessa Jowell, has urged planning authorities responsible for the Olympic Park ...

WHITEHALL

SOCITM warns sector faces 'major risk' of loss of data

28 January 2009

Local government risks a ‘huge, Whitehall-style’ loss of data, unless councils invest heavily in ...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Specialist staff training aims to safeguard vulnerable youngsters

28 January 2009

Local authorities this week began specialist training for those staff who will be co-ordinating W...