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News - February 2011
Revenue rapped for PAYE errors
The Public Accounts Committee has slammed Revenue & Customs for failing to process payroll income tax deductions accurately and on time
01 February 2011
Move to free councils from child protection red tape
The government is considering a trial suspension of some statutory child protection procedures at five councils, following an official report criticising the amount of bureaucracy facing social workers.
01 February 2011
Shapps spells out council housing finance details
Ministers today set out how they intend to pass control of social housing finance to councils.
01 February 2011
Town halls 'should retain all cash from house sales'
Planned reforms to housing finance put new council homebuilding at risk by leaving too much power in the hands of Whitehall, the Local Government Association has warned.
21 February 2011
Scottish health secretary agrees move to no-fault compensation scheme
The NHS in Scotland is to move to a system of no-fault compensation following a review by experts.
21 February 2011
Pay inequality is rising in the North
The gap between rich and poor is narrower in the North than in the rest of the UK but 'potentially damaging' pay inequality is on the rise, according to a report published today.
21 February 2011
LGA unconvinced by red tape reduction
Ministers' efforts to reduce centrally imposed data and reporting requirements are disappointing, the Local Government Association said today.
21 February 2011
MoD procurement 'still stuck in cycle of failure'
MPs today condemned a 'cycle of failure' at the Ministry of Defence after finding that £8bn had been wasted on just four projects in the past year. They also criticised the department's short-term cost-cutting approach, which they said would cost billions of pounds over time
22 February 2011
Net borrowing in the black in January
The UK's public finances recorded a surplus of £3.7bn in January after a rise in tax receipts, according to official figures published today.
22 February 2011
Frontline police officers face the axe, say MPs
Cuts in police budgets will lead to reductions in the number of police officers and support staff, MPs warned today
23 February 2011
Councils given £100m for pot holes
An extra £100m has been found to help meet the costs of repairing pot holes in England, in a move welcomed by councils as an 'important contribution'.
23 February 2011
Gove set to beef up inspection of council adoption services
Ministers are considering 'strengthening' the inspection regime for local authority adoption services in an attempt to reverse a recent decline in family placements.
22 February 2011
NHS faces 50,000 jobs cull
More than 50,000 NHS jobs are to be axed, according to research published today.
23 February 2011
Stay of execution for Audit Commission raises fresh fears
The future of local government audit has been thrown into disarray after it emerged that the Audit Commission is likely to remain open well beyond its planned abolition in 2012.
23 February 2011
Multibillion-pound 'dangling debit' will hit Scots councils
Councils in Scotland face a multibillion-pound 'dangling debit' that will affect the next generation, MSPs have been told
24 February 2011
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