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BUSINESS

'Get tough' call over PFI deals

23 October 2008

The Treasury has called on public bodies to get tougher on refinancing PFI deals.

WHITEHALL

Do we need an international qualification?

23 October 2008

After attending the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) annual conference in ...

FINANCE

Should benefit cheats pay up?

23 October 2008

With council cash so tight, it was no surprise when Havering LBC grew hot under the collar over a...

WHITEHALL

Money Matters: keeping your interest?

23 October 2008

One of the few good pieces of news that some of us are able to report – assuming we have safe inv...

FINANCE

City 'confident' of recovering £5m

23 October 2008

Stoke on Trent City Council has expressed its confidence in recovering £5m frozen in the Icelandi...

FINANCE

Sheffield's strategy of opportunity

23 October 2008

Sheffield City Council has published a new, three-year strategy promising new jobs and improved p...

FINANCE

Edinburgh takes action

23 October 2008

City of Edinburgh Council has drawn up plans to help combat the current economic crisis by buying...

FINANCE

LGA urges chancellor not to bypass councils

23 October 2008

The Local Government Association (LGA) has warned the Government that now is not the right time f...

CAA 'rethink' urged

23 October 2008

Sutton LBC has called on the Audit Commission to rethink its plans for Comprehensive Area Assessm...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Community crime-fighting

23 October 2008

David Prince examines the policing Green Paper, and says councillors should be at the heart of ef...