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FINANCE

Social Fund reforms are 'a Trojan horse' to privatisation says union

11 December 2008

Public servants have challenged government plans to impose charges on emergency loans, designed t...

WHITEHALL

Hundreds of council job cuts as recession deepens

11 December 2008

Hundreds of job cuts have been announced at councils across the country as the credit crunch deep...

WHITEHALL

Chief agrees exit strategy

10 December 2008

East Staffordshire BC’s chief executive, Jeanette McGarry, has left her post ‘by mutual consent’ ...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Ofsted asks councils to check child data

10 December 2008

Ofsted has vowed to go ahead with its annual league tables for children’s services, despite calli...

FINANCE

MPs rush aid to stop home repossessions

10 December 2008

Ministers are rushing through plans to widen income support for local residents facing home repos...

BUSINESS

Welcome for BRS funding

10 December 2008

Property consultancy Drivers Jonas LLP has backed new council powers as a way of resolving long-t...

BUSINESS

Cyber 'hindrance'

10 December 2008

FINANCE

London workers' get £23m boost

10 December 2008

WHITEHALL

Councils 'keen' to ditch efficiency targets

10 December 2008

CLIMATE CHANGE

Engineers cite recycling 'doubts'

10 December 2008

The answer to the burning question of what to do with waste could be to convert it into energy, a...