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Is Britain broken or just bruised?

10 October 2008

Is Britain really ‘broken’? Ben Page argues that it isn’t. But it may need some rinse aid.

The 2008 MJ Achievement Award Winners

10 October 2008

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Soap Box - soggy autumn for RDAs?

10 October 2008

‘My weekend was ruined – along with Steve’s.’ The outgoing chair of the North West Development Ag...

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Plugged In: Where will leadership lead us?

10 October 2008

Every so often, we search for a panacea for our woes – a silver bullet which will solve all our p...

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Shaping up amid the turmoil

10 October 2008

Hazel Blears says the credit crunch offers an opportunity for councils to exploit the localist ag...

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Share and share alike

09 October 2008

As an increasing number of councils are sharing their chief executives, Heather Jameson considers...

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'Get council experience' minister tells Whitehall mandarins

09 October 2008

Senior civil servants should be required to work at a local public body – such as a council – to ...

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Seeking SOLACE from the credit crunch

09 October 2008

As SOLACE members head to Belfast for their annual conference, Heather Jameson talks to its new c...

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District View: life as normal after election?

09 October 2008

I met a senior civil servant recently whose prediction was that local government life would go on...

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Reforms boost accuracy of benefit services

08 October 2008

Whitehall-led reforms to benefits services have helped some local authorities improve the accurac...