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FINANCE

Sixty districts 'hard hit' in real-terms cut

12 December 2007

District councils have been hard hit by the local government finance settlement, with ‘floor’ aut...

WHITEHALL

Is number up for old timers?

11 December 2007

HEALTH

Executive decision

11 December 2007

WHITEHALL

Keeping staff requires skill

10 December 2007

Local authorities are facing a critical skills shortage as experienced staff come up for retireme...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

DCLG launches new bid for east London crossing

06 December 2007

A fresh bid is to be launched by the DCLG to build a £385m bridge in east London to boost the Tha...

FINANCE

Council budgets hit by plan to hike audit fees

06 December 2007

The Audit Commission has revealed plans to hike its audit fees in what is likely to be a bitter b...

FINANCE

Scheme to promote ethical pension funding launched

05 December 2007

A new tool for local government pension funds has been launched, after revelations that only one...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Matters of concern

05 December 2007

Five years on, has the programme set up to support children delivered on its promises, asks Jasmi...

WHITEHALL

A job which calls for discretion

05 December 2007

The debacle over the appointment process at Cambridgeshire CC has highlighted issues of confident...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Essex: The opera

05 December 2007