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Features - February 2009

  • Duty of careFrontline public sector services are what people turn to when they're hit by unemployment, repossessions and debt crises. 27 February 2009
  • Concrete promises?The government has vowed to remove the barriers preventing councils from building homes, but they might be replaced by others. 27 February 2009
  • Work in progressWelsh voters were lukewarm about devolution over a decade ago. 27 February 2009
  • Keeping PFI on the roadThe banks have been pulling out of the Private Finance Initiative and the contractors are struggling. 20 February 2009
  • Band aid for councilsEveryone agrees that the council tax is unfair, but is there an alternative property tax? 20 February 2009
  • Root and branchHousing associations are digging deep and increasingly turning to financial self-help measures - such as lending to one another - to fend off the worst effects of the credit crunch. 20 February 2009
  • Divided we fall?The Local Government Association has been under fire for everything from Icelandic investments to gritting the icy roads, all while in a state of turmoil after internal battles. 13 February 2009
  • Forewarned is forearmedFraud was an underlying cause of the current recession, and is bound to become a growing problem as the economy worsens. 13 February 2009
  • A hard lesson to learnThe Baby P case has thrown up some serious questions about the merging of children's education and social services. 13 February 2009
  • One-track mindEven before this week's snowstorms, Britain's railways were heading into heavy financial weather. 06 February 2009
  • Gissa training schemeAs the recession hits home, training and reskilling schemes are being used to ease the impact of soaring unemployment 06 February 2009