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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Report urges reduction in red tape

02 December 2008

A new report is urging a cull of bureaucracy in the planning application process, to make it work...

WHITEHALL

Financial chiefs give unitary views

02 December 2008

Finance advisers have submitted their views on the affordability of three unitary proposals to th...

Recruiters' alluring attractions

02 December 2008

Two councils have run interactive recruitment adverts in a bid to lure interest.

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Trust is key in a crisis, says comms chief

02 December 2008

Councils must work to keep the public’s trust following the case of Baby P and the Icelandic bank...

FINANCE

Uttlesford in bid to plug Iceland gap

02 December 2008

Local government minister, John Healey, is mulling over Uttlesford DC’s request to borrow extra c...

Davies gets a twin in Wales during week of chief exec movement

02 December 2008

There has been a flurry of chief executive movements across the UK this week.

BUSINESS

Liberata takes £60m hit as deal gets axe

02 December 2008

Ministers have dumped business services contractor Liberata from a flagship education contract, a...

Hampshire calls for action on 'unfair and complex' care system

02 December 2008

Hampshire CC is calling for action to tackle the ‘perceived unfairness and complexity’ of the car...

WHITEHALL

Accentuating the positive

02 December 2008

Promoting the positive work councils do is more important now than ever, the Local Government Ass...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

County snubs social care inspectorate

02 December 2008

A county council has vowed to break all contact with social care inspectors, after rejecting its ...