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Looking for a NEET solution

09 September 2008

‘I ain’t got GCSEs - I didn’t listen at school. There aren’t good jobs around here. I tried to ge...

FINANCE

Councils to gamble on oil in the futures market

05 September 2008

Councils could forge ground-breaking link-ups with local NHS trusts, schools, police forces, fire...

Key role for councils in £1bn boost for housing

04 September 2008

Councils have been given a key role in the frantic bid to prevent the collapse of the housing sec...

FINANCE

Councils pledge cash for 2012 Olympics

04 September 2008

Local government is promising hundreds of millions of pounds of investment in sport and coaching ...

FINANCE

Unions get ready for autumn of strikes

04 September 2008

Trade unions are gearing up for a campaign of co-ordinated strikes this autumn, as they continue ...

WHITEHALL

Shock victories for Labour

04 September 2008

Labour dragged its morale off rock bottom, gaining one seat and defending a marginal in the clutc...

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...