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WHITEHALL

A Lyons step in a marathon run

29 March 2007

After a long wait, we finally have the Lyons report. Responses have predictably been varied. Som...

WHITEHALL

Soap Box

29 March 2007

Given that every other article this week will be covering Lyons, I thought it worth reflecting on...

WHITEHALL

District View

29 March 2007

We are at that point in the year when local authorities are receiving their ‘scores on the doors’.

WHITEHALL

Sir Michael in the lions' den

29 March 2007

Last week’s publication of the Lyons review saw the great and the good of local government assemb...

WHITEHALL

All aboard for a memorable ride

29 March 2007

Like proverbial London buses, government announcements seem to arrive two or three at a time.

WHITEHALL

Restoring the balance

29 March 2007

Two years and eight months after it was commissioned, the Lyons report has arrived. It is compre...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

A well-spent youth

29 March 2007

Across England, local authorities have been developing new structures which put real spending pow...

We're all 'Woking' it out

29 March 2007

Surrey has some of the most successful state schools in the country, but good will not be good en...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Council accused of 'deal' over mine

29 March 2007

Merthyr Tydfil CBC has been accused of doing a deal with developers worth £800,000, in a long-run...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Land use change rap

28 March 2007