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FINANCE

We need the freedom to innovate

28 November 2007

Councils are not making use of all their powers due to fear of the legal consequences, and govern...

WHITEHALL

On your marks

28 November 2007

Although some councils may not have been too enamoured with the star ratings of Comprehensive Per...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Plugged In

28 November 2007

Refuse and recycling, those most basic of council services, are big news at present...

WHITEHALL

An opportunity we should seize

28 November 2007

The Comprehensive Area Assessment is on its way and councils need to be prepared for the opportun...

WHITEHALL

District View

28 November 2007

‘Step change, improvement required’ is the mantra chanted by most organisations when it comes to ...

WHITEHALL

Soap Box

28 November 2007

Controlling, but clear and decisive. That was the style generally expected of the new prime minis...

WHITEHALL

Clues from the CAA

28 November 2007

Forty-one years ago, at 9.15am on 21 October, a waste tip slid down a mountainside into the minin...

WHITEHALL

Competitive edge

28 November 2007

There is no shortage of helpful advice around when it comes to telling local authorities how to f...

FINANCE

Pressure is on as Government reaches borrowing limit early

28 November 2007

Concerns have been raised after the Government announced it had reached its annual borrowing limi...

FINANCE

Finance chiefs given say in subsidy review

28 November 2007