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WHITEHALL

Essex reopens post office in branches deal

17 September 2008

Essex CC has reopened its first post office which was earmarked for closure in a ground-breaking ...

FINANCE

Budget loss at Wolverhampton 'down to bad financial predictions'

17 September 2008

Wolverhampton City Council has admitted its budgetary planning is not ‘an exact science’ after a...

WHITEHALL

Councils sink Government's swimming scheme

17 September 2008

The Government’s plan to give free swimming to the over-60’s has been criticised and branded ‘poo...

WHITEHALL

Union official calls for 'urgent rethink' over care service plan

17 September 2008

Councils and local government unionists have slammed Government plans which would force local aut...

WHITEHALL

Districts defend plan to share CEOs

17 September 2008

Council leaders have defended a partnership initiative to allow Carlisle City’s chief executive M...

BUSINESS

JC Decaux poised for outdoor ads top spot

17 September 2008

The major street furniture company JC Decaux is in negotiations that could see it become the worl...

FINANCE

Council planning to fight 'bullys' compensation award

17 September 2008

Wansbeck DC is planning to fight back after a long-serving local government officer fired for bul...

FINANCE

Infrastructure quango slammed in Scotland

17 September 2008

The creation of a quango to oversee major new infrastructure projects in Scotland has met with a ...

cycling celebrated AT pedalling picnic

17 September 2008

Hundreds of residents of Hackney got on their bikes to celebrate cycling at the Sunday Cycle Picn...

BUSINESS

Plymouth seals Amey deal on highways

17 September 2008

Plymouth City Council has signed a £150m deal with Amey to improve its highways services.