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Business rate localisation ‘could backfire’
Portugal passes latest troika bailout review
CMEC slammed for risky approach to savings
Elderly care ‘needs staff shake-up’
Governments ‘must lay the foundations for lasting recovery’
Doctors push for NHS helpline pause
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Auditors launch inquiry into fire chief’s brief retirement
Councils might use bonds to pay for projects
Commission begins looking at EU-wide use of Ipsas
MPs query disability benefit ‘savings’
‘Exodus’ of supply teachers follows pay cuts
Competition within NHS ‘benefits hospitals’
Border Force to stand alone
Councils are planning to pioneer pooling of benefit
DCLG announces HRA buyout payments
Eurozone ministers back Greek bailout package
Think-tank calls for cuts in tax and regulation
Scots FE colleges to be grouped into 12 regions
Deprived families fail to take up free nursery education
Outsourcing is a ‘threat to FoI’
Government losing up to £8bn on unpaid debts
DFID should use direct aid transfers more, say MPs
Miliband calls for national investment bank for business
Huhne resigns after speeding charge
Councils’ weekly waste collection fund launched
Seven NHS trusts given cash to pay PFI hospital costs
Procurement systems lock out Scottish firms, says think-tank
Ofsted puts teaching standards at the heart of ratings
Record numbers of children taken into care
MoD cutting staff without planning for future, says NAO
Bank of England to inject a further £50bn into economy
Greece agrees bailout measures
PFI investors over-charging for risk, says NAO
Public service reforms ‘inconsistent’
Ministers seek greater control of public sector bonuses
Most Welsh councils passed IFRS test
Jobless rate now 8.4%
Come clean about Whitehall tax avoidance schemes, say unions
Salmond unimpressed by Cameron’s devolution overtures
U-turn likely on charges for early student loan repayments
Value our pension scheme before changes, say teachers
‘Negative outlook’ for UK’s triple-A rating
Planning rules ‘do not hinder growth’
Salmond in talks with UK over referendum
UK jobless ‘could reach 2.85 million this year’
Jobless youth numbers ‘a costly time bomb’
More than half of government projects behind schedule
Government Accounts ‘must include all spending’
Liverpool to be run by mayor
Call for bids to give youth a chance
Council workers’ pay has fallen by 13%, says Unison
CIPFA warns against rush to national police force
Bailout deal ‘a comprehensive blueprint’ for Greek finances
Three countries vote against EU accounts sign-off
FDs fear for councils in medium term
Hungary slams ‘unfair’ EU funding suspension plans
Bower bows out of CQC
DoH director general to take over CQC
Commission slashes 2012 EU growth forecasts
Council workers face third year of pay freeze
Transport spending must benefit all regions, say MPs
Business rates ‘fairness’ criteria to be decided by May
Councils’ information breaches worry watchdog
Ofsted raises the bar for children in care
Health row ‘slows drive for choice’
G20 to wait on eurozone before increasing IMF funds
Developing countries must create ‘optimal’ conditions for PPPs
MPs will scrutinise Community Budgets next year
Councils make call for ‘localism max’ powers
Clegg backs NHS Bill changes to rule out ‘US-style market’
‘Mandarins need projects training
Row over Scottish referendum date
January surplus higher than expected at £7.8bn
Government training contract opened up to small firms
Scrap plans to devolve corporation tax, says CBI
GPs will control £65bn of NHS funding if health Bill is passed
MPs call for joint commissioning of health and social care
Holyrood passes Swinney’s £28.3bn Budget
‘Global new deal’ must move away from markets, says UN
Developing world ‘should choose new World Bank president’
EU economy shrank by 0.3% in Q4 of 2011
Whitehall on course to save £5bn
EU public sector debt rises to 82.2% of GDP
Adult apprenticeships good value for money, says NAO
Government spending to be lower than planned, IFS finds
Whitehall finds surplus land for 80,000 homes
Private Member’s Bill aims to help third sector bids
Whitehall cuts £7.9bn but will struggle to find more
Fiscal treaty not enough to restart Europe’s economy, say MEPs
EU aid ‘effective in preparing Croatia for accession’

‘Global new deal’ must move away from markets, says UN

By Nick Mann | 8 February 2012

The United Nations has called for ‘development-led globalisation’ to improve the economic situation of both developed and developing countries.

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