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WHITEHALL

Fighting kids' obesity is childs' play

04 September 2008

Playground games are the key to combating childhood obesity, claim town hall leaders.

CLIMATE CHANGE

Warwickshire watches weather to see whether it affects services

04 September 2008

Warwickshire CC has been weather-watching to see how it affects its services.

WHITEHALL

Prescott's ex-adviser gets a new job

04 September 2008

A former adviser to John Prescott has been named as an executive director at the new Homes and Co...

WHITEHALL

Child database faces delay

04 September 2008

Ministers have been forced to delay the introduction of a database containing details of every ch...

WHITEHALL

Leaders seek LABGI funds

04 September 2008

Local government leaders have called on the Treasury to release more cash from sub-regional econo...

WHITEHALL

Suffolk districts to fight against unitary plans

04 September 2008

Three district councils in Suffolk have united to fight the Boundary Committee’s unitary plans fo...

HEALTH

Health inequalities need extra resources

04 September 2008

Local authorities ‘urgently’ need the resources to tackle massive health inequalities in Britain,...

Spending squeeze could leave rail links off track for Olympics

04 September 2008

West Sussex CC leader, Henry Smith, has told senior government ministers a spending squeeze could...

WHITEHALL

Councils 'outmoded managing' must stop

04 September 2008

Councils’ ‘outmoded’ management models must be modernised, if service delivery is to improve, a l...

BUSINESS

City council tipped to bid for Gatwick

04 September 2008

City insiders are tipping the consortium led by Manchester City Council to take over London Gatwi...