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News - June 2011
Health charities given £6m in 'Big Society' funds
The government has today pledged £6m towards Big Society projects in the health service. The Department of Health Volunteering Fund will be divided between 13 charities over three years. The organisations were awarded the cash based on their ability to give patients choice over their care, reduce health inequalities and improve health outcomes.
01 June 2011
Councils could lose EU regeneration funding
Local government leaders are warning that councils could lose their access to a vital source of regeneration funding because of European Union plans to limit the scope of its structural funds.
17 June 2011
Council home care services 'seriously failing'
An Equality and Human Rights Commission probe has found serious failings in the standards of home care for older people, according to a report published today.
20 June 2011
External training for pupils should be regulated, says Ofsted
Vocational training provided outside schools for children at risk of exclusion is not properly inspected or regulated, education watchdog Ofsted has said.
21 June 2011
Councils bringing services back in house
More than half of all councils have taken outsourced services back in house, or are considering this step, a survey for Unison has found.
21 June 2011
Public sector May borrowing down over last year
The public sector borrowed £17.4bn in the month of May, a fall of more than £1bn from a year ago.
22 June 2011
Whitehall must pay for new burdens on councils, says DCLG
The government is attempting to keep council tax frozen next year by ensuring Whitehall pays for any new burdens imposed on local authorities.
21 June 2011
Pension reforms will go ahead 'whatever happens', Maude tells Public Finance
The government will press ahead with its public sector pension reforms even if its fails to reach agreement with the Trades Union Congress, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has told Public Finance.
22 June 2011
Equality commission accounts qualified
Auditors have today qualified the Equality and Human Rights Commission's accounts for the third year running.
21 June 2011
Ministers scrap Localism Bill's plans for 'shadow mayors'
Controversial plans to turn leaders of big English city councils into 'shadow mayors' have been dropped from the Localism Bill.
22 June 2011
Cabinet Office told to publish salaries of 24 secretive civil servants
The Cabinet Office has been ordered to disclose the names of 24 senior civil servants who objected to having their salaries revealed.
22 June 2011
DWP lacks clear plan to achieve cuts, says NAO
The Department for Work and Pensions could fail to achieve its target savings by 2015 without an adequate plan, auditors warn today.
23 June 2011
Swinney offers unions 'tea and sympathy' over pension changes
Finance Secretary John Swinney has expressed his sympathy to public sector unions over the UK government's pension reforms, but has said he cannot mitigate the impact on Scottish workers.
23 June 2011
Wales calls for more fiscal powers
Wales' first minister has called for a radical extension of his government's powers over finance.
23 June 2011
Funds for national youth scheme would be better spent locally, say MPs
A government youth programme that aims to provide six weeks of volunteering for 16-year-olds is too expensive and should be scrapped, MPs have said.
23 June 2011
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