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BUSINESS

'Delight' as Swindon signs £243m deal with Capita

07 February 2007

Capita has signed a £243m contract with Swindon Council to deliver a range of services, including...

Taunton councillor criticised for moving East

07 February 2007

WHITEHALL

Ulster's 'tax guinea pigs'

07 February 2007

WHITEHALL

All aboard for change

07 February 2007

Unitary local government is back on the agenda, as is clear from the recent bids for unitary stat...

WHITEHALL

Plan for more unitaries was blocked, claims Raynsford

07 February 2007

The Treasury blocked more ambitious plans for a greater number of unitaries, says ex-local govern...

FINANCE

Councils told to reveal fund policy

07 February 2007

Information commissioner, Richard Thomas, has ordered Hertfordshire and Tameside councils to reve...

Second chief in three years quits Waltham

07 February 2007

Waltham Forest LBC has lost its second chief executive in three years, after Jacquie Dean announc...

Milton Keynes dips into homes fund

07 February 2007

WHITEHALL

A view from the North West

07 February 2007

Chief executives and leaders from across the North West attended a breakfast debate hosted by The...

How to climb to the top

07 February 2007

Many local government lawyers bemoan the fact that they’re not at ‘top table’ – but would like to...