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HEALTH

A healthy approach to spending

By Claire Mansfield | 27 March 2014

Dr Claire Mansfield takes issue with the BMJ's warnings over local government's role in public he...

FINANCE

District View by David Cook

By David Cook | 26 March 2014

DCEN finance lead and Kettering BC chief executive analyses what the Budget meant for districts.

FINANCE

PluggedIn: Paul O'Brien

By Paul O'Brien | 26 March 2014

Public sector outsourcing is at a crossroads, writes APSE chief executive.

FINANCE

Soapbox by Mark Rogers

By Mark Rogers | 26 March 2014

Councils can do without a 'Strictly Come Dancing' style ranking competition, writes Birmingham Ci...

HEALTH

A guaranteed Sure Start

By Jamie Hailstone | 26 March 2014

A challenge facing any incoming Government after 2015 will be to rekindle the ambition and restat...

FINANCE

A missed opportunity for the two Eds

By Michael Burton | 26 March 2014

After four years of austerity we are still nowhere near seeing the light at the end of the tunnel...

WHITEHALL

Whitehall Inside View - GOD does wellbeing

By Jonathan Werran | 26 March 2014

Lord O'Donnell's intervention is timely - there's more to life than money as far as voters are co...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

My fantasy budget

By Alexandra Jones | 25 March 2014

In an ideal world, here is how Alexandra Jones hoped to be responding to this year’s Budget annou...

FINANCE

Three steps to effective local procurement

By Kristian Smith | 21 March 2014

Council procurement has to meet local needs through effective service design and delivery, writes...

Biggest impact of welfare reform yet to come

By Paul Dossett | 21 March 2014

“Never again should the welfare system be allowed to spiral out of control,” the Chancellor said ...