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News - November 2009
Leading Tory councillor slams shadow Cabinet 'inexperience'
A prominent Conservative council leader has cast doubt over the quality of the shadow Cabinet, suggesting they are not experienced enough to run a country
27 November 2009
Mind your official language, say MPs
Obscure or unintelligible language in the public sector should be officially regarded as 'maladministration', an MPs' inquiry has found
30 November 2009
Conservatives to transfer management of government assets
Shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Philip Hammond has said the Conservatives would transfer the management of the government's property assets to a separate publicly owned company
27 November 2009
IPPR calls for low-carbon business skills
The government must equip the UK with a workforce able to compete in low-carbon industries, a leading think-tank has warned
02 November 2009
Transport companies must prepare for winter, warns LGA
The Local Government Association has warned that a repeat of last winter's severe weather could grind the country to a halt
02 November 2009
Ministers right to remove grant ring fence, says committee
MPs have endorsed the removal of the ring fence from the Supporting People grant for vulnerable people
03 November 2009
Councils control just 5% of local spending
Early results from a flagship government scheme to increase public sector efficiency prove that more spending should be brought under local government control, councils say
03 November 2009
Public sector job cuts inevitable, says Swinney
A reduction in Scotland's public sector workforce over the next few years is 'inescapable', Finance Secretary John Swinney has told MSPs
04 November 2009
Best councils 'penalised' by audit fee changes, says LGA
Changes to the Audit Commission's fee regime will penalise high-performing councils, which will no longer be able to secure generous discounted rates, according to the Local Government Association
05 November 2009
Bail-out risks public funds, experts fear
Economists have warned that ministers' latest bank bail-out package could still produce losses to the public purse
06 November 2009
Major projects require greater business skills, NAO insists
The government's commercial skills and expertise suffers from 'significant weaknesses', the National Audit Office has warned
06 November 2009
Ethnic minority teachers 'suffer from institutional racism'
A culture of institutional racism is preventing ethnic minority teachers from taking leadership roles, the UK's largest teaching union has said
06 November 2009
Ministers fail to combat hospital-acquired infections
The government has 'taken its eye off the ball' in helping the NHS to reduce health care-associated infections, according to the Public Accounts Committee
10 November 2009
Children put at risk by falling social worker numbers
Councils have warned that the exodus of children's social workers after the Baby Peter scandal has put some of the most vulnerable people in society at risk
11 November 2009
Is the Bank's rescue remedy working?
Despite three batches of 'quantitative easing', the UK economy is continuing to contract. So will the latest cash injection finally save the day? David Williams examines the evidence
12 November 2009
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