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CLIMATE CHANGE

Cutting costs and saving energy

10 December 2008

Councils may have crossed the first hurdles of rising fuel prices, but the long-term issue has no...

WHITEHALL

Single minded over Suffolk

10 December 2008

The decision over unitary status in Suffolk may have been postponed, but the battle continues. La...

WHITEHALL

Sourcing the apprentices

10 December 2008

As the credit crunch bites, more councils are looking at beefing-up their apprenticeship programm...

WHITEHALL

What can we learn from Baby P?

10 December 2008

Following the Baby P case, former social services director and now chief executive of Kent CC, P...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

What next for inspection?

10 December 2008

As the Government and inspectorates struggle to ensure the Baby P tragedy will not be repeated, P...

WHITEHALL

Parties split over the economy

10 December 2008

The two main political parties have nailed their colours to the mast for dealing with the recessi...

WHITEHALL

Plugged In: The changing face of the voluntary sector

10 December 2008

I spoke at the recent Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations’ annual confere...

WHITEHALL

District View

10 December 2008

As we are all aware, a lot of public sector activity is focused on helping the country and local ...

FINANCE

Money Matters

10 December 2008

The dictatorial approach of the Government to efficiency information on bills is just another exa...

WHITEHALL

Studying the small print

10 December 2008