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News - July 2009
Councils given £200m to fund more primary school places
The government has pledged an extra £200m for councils struggling to meet demand for primary school places due to a surge in the birth rate.
16 July 2009
Auditors criticise DCLG's decision-making
The Department for Communities and Local Government has difficulty in making urgent investment decisions, a report from the National Audit Office has found
17 July 2009
Free personal care continues to be controversial in Scotland
The Scottish system of free personal care for elderly people, introduced in 2002, continues to be controversial as doubts rise over whether it is affordable in the long-term
16 July 2009
'Inaccurate' FE performance system postponed
Plans to compare further education colleges using a controversial new performance system have been postponed for a year
16 July 2009
Scrap unfair Barnett Formula, say Lords
The Barnett Formula must be scrapped, a House of Lords inquiry has recommended
17 July 2009
MPs call for community-based police and prison funding
Responsibility for funding prisons and policing should be devolved to local areas, experts and MPs said today
20 July 2009
NAO qualifies Treasury accounts
The National Audit Office has refused to sign off the Treasury's 2008/09 resource accounts in full because Parliament had not authorised £24bn of expenditure as part of the banking bail-out package
21 July 2009
Public debt hits all-time high
Public sector debt hit a record high of 56.5% of gross domestic product at the end of June, figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed
21 July 2009
Councils still using spying powers for minor offences
Local authorities are continuing to spy on residents to detect minor offences, the chief surveillance commissioner has found
22 July 2009
Saving defence from cuts 'will take 16% off other budgets'
Experts have warned that adding defence spending to the politically sensitive areas to be spared from cuts would require more than 16% to be slashed from other Whitehall budgets over three years.
23 July 2009
MPs demand road tax honesty
Ministers must try harder to justify taxes on road users, a committee of MPs has said
24 July 2009
Rail franchise system is a mess that needs radical change, say MPs
MPs have demanded an overhaul of the rail franchising system, describing it as a 'mess' that allows operators to walk away from their responsibilities when times get tough
27 July 2009
Councils 'lack funding to tackle flooding'
Local authorities have warned the government that they do not have the cash to take on new responsibilities for tackling flooding
28 July 2009
Former Audit Commission chair to head UKFI
Former Audit Commission chair Sir David Cooksey has been appointed to chair UK Financial Investments, the body that manages the taxpayers' stake in the nationalised banks
28 July 2009
Ministers to create thousands of public sector jobs for young people
The government is to create 47,000 public sector jobs in a bid to prevent another generation of unemployable young people emerging from the recession
29 July 2009
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