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WHITEHALL

Money Matters

04 December 2008

The current times are challenging for all of us, and our responses are a good test for local gove...

WHITEHALL

A Whitehall view of working for a council

04 December 2008

The article by local government minister, John Healey, in the last issue of our Whitehall focus (...

WHITEHALL

A haven for unitary status

04 December 2008

As the Boundary Commission makes its final recommendations on the last tranche of reorganisation,...

FINANCE

How partnerships should respond to the recession

03 December 2008

The recession will create new pressures to deliver services through public-public and public-priv...

WHITEHALL

Time to regain the initiative

03 December 2008

Local government's reputation has taken a battering over the past few weeks. Now it's time for th...

WHITEHALL

Social care on thin ice

03 December 2008

Fall out from the Baby P case could have serious implications for the localism agenda, says Nick ...

WHITEHALL

Life on Mars?

03 December 2008

Derek Allen, executive director of LACORS, goes back to his roots by spending a day as a frontlin...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Now to rebuild reputations

03 December 2008

BUSINESS

PFI projects face delays

02 December 2008

Town halls are facing significant delays to private-finance projects as a result of the credit cr...

FINANCE

Rate relief on empty properties

02 December 2008

Chancellor Alistair Darling has postponed the imposition of higher business rates on empty commer...