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April 2009 news
Public sector to bear the brunt of Budget for hard times
Local authority leaders welcome £1bn job creation scheme
Soaring birth rate puts pressure on primary school places
Cabinet Office offers £16.7m third sector hardship fund
Chancellor announces extra funding for further education
Child poverty campaigners ‘enormously disappointed’
Councils must raise £50m for greener homes scheme
City-regions given more fiscal autonomy
Laming reforms ‘too costly to achieve’, say councils
Financial reporting standards fall
Iceland bank payouts ‘vindicate councils’
Flood Bill ‘must give clear role for local government’
Wales needs to make its own laws, says IWA
LSPs ‘performing patchily’
Councils to undergo peer review
End-of-life care ‘must improve’
Fifth of RSL-built homes ‘badly designed’
Councils face primary schools ‘crisis’
Teachers vote to strike over 16–19 funding shortfall
Bill for Manchester waste PFI scheme hits £4.7bn
Budget to reveal more efficiency targets
LGA calls for town hall recession role
Home overcrowding to rise
Government’s alcohol welfare plan criticised
Glasgow told to improve staff relations
King’s Fund launches review into primary care
Lending crisis leads to a lack of low-cost homes
WLGA attacks teachers’ funding plans
Ministers consult on nuclear power station location
NHS told to improve use of medicine
Social mobility continuing to decline
Landlords say no to housing allowance tenants
NI plans to prune its structure
PPP expert to head Scots Futures Trust
LGA backs grants scheme to revive derelict shops
Think-tank calls for patient charter
Wales speeds up £91m capital spending
News round-up – April 17
NHS faces £229m loss in new ISTC fiasco
Government to support third sector campaigning
Councils’ low pay offer likely to spark parity call
Charities call for further poverty drive
Public services face post-recession spending squeeze
Care homes crisis is putting pressure on councils
Ireland dashes out emergency Budget
Do your FoI duty, watchdog warns public bodies
Appeal court backs Unison over two equal pay claims
Scots Best Value system set for shake-up
Councillors’ role needs to be built into CAA, says LGA
Arts quango goes ahead at £3m cost
Almos ‘should be able to borrow’
CBI welcomes plan to spread cost of rates
R&C to provide ‘health in pregnancy’ grants
RSLs call for more leeway in setting rents
Councillors told to be more active in commissioning
‘No better time for Welsh autonomy’
Lord Best named NI housing commission chair
News round-up – April 10
Audit Commission faces legal action over ‘slur’
Senior civil servants furious over government pay curbs
News analysis: Are unitary councils the shape of things to come?
MPs denounce Royal Mail privatisation plan
Curriculum ‘is too big and blunts teachers’ individuality’
Economic forecasts restrict Budget options
Public sector ‘performing poorly’
Consumer council criticises compulsory water meter plan
Darling backtracks on business rates relief
Active tenants seen as ‘busybodies’
New health care regulator pledges to be ‘firm but fair’
Public pensions ‘need to be levelled down’
DCLG to consult on disclosure of council salaries
Errors in defence payroll system ‘reprehensible’, say MPs
Minister outlines slimmed-down role for the state
Joint aircraft repairs project failed to get off the ground
Police threatened with tax caps
MPs call for health devolution protocol
News round-up – April 3
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Better palliative data needed
British job-hunters must get ‘first crack of the whip’, ministers rule
Bury withdraws notice to sack and rehire staff
Byrne seeks smaller and smarter Whitehall
CAA will take financial downturn into account
CBI rallies against local income tax
Charities must plan for less cash from public contracts
Charity lists urgent social care reforms
Child experts ‘concerned over CAA’
CIPFA aims to simplify care payments system
CIPFA calls for pension changes
Cities must act to survive the recession
Climb-down on MPs’ expenses
Tories call for public takeover of stalled PFI projects
Single civil service needed, Calman Commission told
Council deposits ‘not on risk radar’ before crisis
One in ten council homes still ‘non-decent’
Council to review fiscal powers
Council unions call for above RPI pay deal
Councils expect toughest tax caps yet
Councils given green light to expand housing provision
Councils’ Iceland investments ‘prudent’
Councils justify their response to record snowfalls
Councils might offer mortgages
Councils prepare to slash jobs to balance their books
Councils need more efficient procurement
Councils need to invest more in websites
Councils not prioritising shared services, auditors warn
Councils reach new peak as inspection changes gear
Councils set to impose lowest tax rises since 1993
Courts ‘must do more to cut repossessions’
Red tape cuts fail to impress police
Darling could launch another £20bn fiscal stimulus, says IFS
DCLG funds charity to help homeless migrants
Defra forced to bin rubbish tax pilots
Diplomas ‘unsuitable for academic school students’
DoH backs £75m obesity drive
DoH supports independent living for adults
Doncaster mayor refuses to resign
‘Doom and gloom’ warning slammed
Eco-towns consultation extended
Education funding 'at risk from recession’
Emergency group set up to tackle road salt crisis
Councils must act over empty homes
Empty RSL buildings growing in number
England fails on numeracy and literacy
Essex faces damages claim after terminating BT contract
Essex rescues its districts from fares penalty
Essex short-lists outsourcing bidders
Families miss out on mortgage help
Finance directors would be second in command under Tories
Finance key to NHS reform, AMs say
Former PwC partner and MoD director to head the NAO
Treasury attempts to settle Forth Bridge row with Holyrood
Fuel scheme not helping those in need
Get ready for big cuts, Bundred warns public sector
Government use of consultants is inefficient, warns Audit Scotland
Government details apprenticeship schemes
Government not learning from experience
Government’s £42m boost for third sector ‘not enough’
Green jobs will aid Scots economy and environment
Help the Aged calls for urgent anti-ageist laws
Holyrood fiscal outlook 'grim'
Housing chief fired over homes scandal
Innumeracy is costing £2bn a year, says charity
More people using internet library services
Investment code ‘sound’, says CIPFA
Ireland in disarray as the Celtic Tiger loses its roar
Knighthood for Treasury mandarin
Landlords accused of encouraging debt
LGA appoints Ransford to top job after turmoil
LGA ditches ‘single services organisation’ plans
LGA says job cuts will fund Acas pay award
LGA chair ready to tackle Whitehall for more council cash
Local authority leaders publish top pay figures
Low pay rates ‘could hit 2006 levels’
Major NI PFI workplace scheme abandoned
Watchdog praises military health care
Medics ‘should have greater budgetary role’
Mental health care funding varies substantially
Ministers consider LGA plans for local economies
Mobiles ‘should be allowed in hospitals’
MoD IT delays ‘must not fail military staff’
Young promises ‘modern’ CQC
More authorities sign MAAs
More trusts say ‘no room in the maternity ward’
Mounting threat to jobs as councils plan new cutbacks
Move to restore faith in statistics
MPs must drop gesture politics to restore trust, says Graham
MPs slam defence research cuts
MPs slate DCLG’s ‘decidedly unimpressive performance’
MSPs overwhelmingly back Scottish budget second time around
New warning on PFI waste scheme delays
Government to provide £4bn for ‘state-of-the-art’ schools
Ministers agree to halve council home rent increases
Healey hits out at ‘unjustified’ attacks on council pensions
MPs slam flagship New Deal scheme
Post-recession cuts in NHS spending are ‘inconceivable’
‘New jobcentres not needed’, says chief executive
Jury’s out on ‘quantitative easing’ measures
News round-up – February 27
Welsh ambulance service ‘worsening’
Minister outlines slimmed-down role for the state
NHS Constitution is just a ‘document of platitudes’
NHS could let bodies choose own IT systems
NHS IT plans delayed until 2015
NHS payment by results tariff delayed yet again
NI district rates to rise by 5% this year
NI obesity levels are rising
‘No proof that capability reviews improve services’, warns NAO
Nottingham Almo recovers from scandal
NSPCC exposes gap in Home Office figures
Ofsted calls for prison skills schemes guidance
Online resources for learners are ‘patchy’
PASC calls for stricter rules on MP lobbying
Patients’ views could affect GP out-of-hours deals
Plan for unitary councils held up for five months
Michael Pitt set to chair new planning committee
Police review Nottingham housing row
Poor children have fewer life chances
Poor planning by NI finance department led to extra cost
Premature births ‘cost UK £939m a year’
Auditors criticise prison and probation services database scheme
Public bodies’ financial skills ‘must improve’
Public finances have worsened since PBR
Public services warned to prepare for three-year freeze
Public servants might have to publish pay details
Expect radical social care reforms, says Hope
Rail companies deny profiteering from fare rises
Recession forces rethink on welfare-to-work contracts
Recession is hitting councils’ capital projects
Recession is thrusting finance directors to the fore
Recession 'is no excuse to stop housing developments'
Recession will hit quality of public services, experts warn
Regeneration schemes hit by credit crunch
Reports of hospital errors and incidents have doubled
News round-up – March 13
RSLs face rocky financial future, says regulator
RSLs given £18m to buy homes from Bovis
School programme is on track, says Knight
School rebuilding scheme 'will not raid pension funds'
Schools building scheme has not improved results
Scotland funds RSLs to buy unsold homes
MSPs to look into effects of the recession
Scotland undeterred by Revenue’s warning against local income tax
Scotland could gain borrowing powers but lose grant
Scotland’s top public servants ‘should publish their expenses’
South Lanarkshire Council slated for lack of openness
Scots Labour backs review of Holyrood borrowing powers
Scottish Government ditches controversial local income tax plan
Scots health boards to receive £8.64bn
‘Social bank’ should support long-term jobless
Social housing tenants face huge rent rises
Spelman given Tory communities brief
Standards chief slammed for failing to tackle MPs over expenses
Statisticians ‘should assess Dius reports’
Subsidy system a 'godsend' to the BNP
Supply of new homes set to drop
Swinney defends local government agreement
Swinney defiant as casting vote defeats £33bn budget
Swinney slams public sector bonus payments
Swinney stands by his 'budget for recovery'
Tackling disadvantage might become a legal duty
Teachers demand end to school tests
Teaching of ICT remains patchy
Things can only get worse, Darling admits
‘Too many bodies negotiate council pay’
MPs begin banking crisis inquiry
Treasury to grab unspent capital funds for PFI rescue scheme
Treasury watchdog calls for stronger financial scrutiny
Treating mentally ill offenders could save up to £700m a year, experts say
Trust calls for youth support
Unison claims Essex move is illegal
University funding rises to £8bn
Unsold homes scheme 'should be extended'
WAG to help families of obese children
Wales gains more EU funds as pound falls
Wales launches £7m Neet project
Waste authority could pay more for PFI scheme
Watchdog claims social care progress is ‘patchy’
Welsh Ambulance Service to tackle poor response times
Welsh councils could cut 2,000 jobs
Welsh education has improved but needs to do more for poorer pupils
Welsh language powers may be transferred from Westminster
Welsh NHS successful in reducing sick days
Welsh university funding gap ‘must be addressed’
Welsh care bodies agree principles
Welsh RSLs failing to meet core standards
Recession requires ‘urgent change’ in UK governance
Costs will have to be cut further, says Treasury
US economic attitudes 'unsustainable'
Youth crime strategy in the dog house
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News - April 2009
Public sector to bear the brunt of Budget for hard times
The public sector faces a £47bn spending squeeze from 2011, along with slashed capital allocations and a renewed efficiency drive as a result of this year's Budget, experts have warned.
24 April 2009
Local authority leaders welcome £1bn job creation scheme
Town hall leaders have been 'hugely encouraged' by the announcement of funding to help them create 100,000 new jobs - but have called for the extra money to be passed on quickly.
24 April 2009
Soaring birth rate puts pressure on primary school places
English towns and cities face a far larger than predicted demand for school classes, with London expecting a shortfall of 18,000 places. So should government or education authorities bear the costs
24 April 2009
Cabinet Office offers £16.7m third sector hardship fund
Struggling third sector organisations will be able to apply to a new £16.7m government hardship fund, it was announced in the Budget
24 April 2009
Chancellor announces extra funding for further education
The Budget included measures to overcome an impending crisis in further education, announcing £250m to fund an additional 54,000 sixth form and further education places
24 April 2009
Child poverty campaigners 'enormously disappointed'
Campaigners have described the Budget as 'an opportunity well missed' to help the government meet its target of halving child poverty by 2010
24 April 2009
Councils must raise £50m for greener homes scheme
Local authorities are to spearhead a £100m programme to build greener homes — providing they raise half the money themselves.
24 April 2009
City-regions given more fiscal autonomy
Councils in two city-regions have been given more spending powers through a pilot scheme announced by Chancellor Alistair Darling.
24 April 2009
Laming reforms 'too costly to achieve', say councils
Local authorities and social work professionals have warned that Lord Laming's proposals to reform children's services might be unachievable on cost grounds alone.
24 April 2009
Financial reporting standards fall
Financial reporting standards have deteriorated at almost a quarter of councils, according to an Audit Commission report published on April 23.
24 April 2009
Iceland bank payouts 'vindicate councils'
Councils are pleased but not surprised by news that they are likely to get back most of the money they deposited in Iceland's failed banks.
24 April 2009
Flood Bill 'must give clear role for local government'
A draft Flood and Water Management Bill has been criticised by local government groups for failing to clarify councils' role in tackling emergencies.
24 April 2009
Wales needs to make its own laws, says IWA
Primary legislative powers for the Welsh Assembly Government would allow it to improve co-ordination of public health, transport and environmental policy, a think-tank has said.
24 April 2009
LSPs 'performing patchily'
Local Strategic Partnerships are performing patchily across England, with some failing to achieve joined-up working or local influence, according to an Audit Commission report.
24 April 2009
Councils to undergo peer review
Councillors will be involved in evaluating other local authorities under the Comprehensive Area Assessment system, the Audit Commission has announced.
24 April 2009
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