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  • Cable pushes alternative finance for SMEsPlans to create a government-backed business bank are part of moves to 'shift' lending to firms away from conventional financiers, Business Secretary Vince Cable said today. 20 May 2013
  • Unemployment rises to 2.52 millionUK unemployment rose by 15,000 in the three months to the end of March to stand at 2.52 million, the Office for National Statistics revealed today. 15 May 2013
  • MoJ confirms probation outsourcingThe government today confirmed plans to radically shrink the probation service and provide long-term supervision of all released prisoners, with services provided mainly by the private and voluntary sector. 09 May 2013
  • Non-execs in Whitehall 'underused'Whitehall should be making better use of non-executive directors brought in from the private and voluntary sector, the chair of the Commons public administration select committee has said. 08 May 2013

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  • Council tax changes illus Fryer Local tax changes: walk the lineThis month, local authorities face one of their trickiest balancing acts yet. They have to meet the twin challenges of government changes to council tax support and business rates, without losing out on potential benefits for local growth, argues Jonathan Carr-West 01 April 2013
  • SharingillusGRIEG You don't share it wellWhy does Whitehall find it so hard to reap the benefits of shared services? One reason is that departments still put their individual needs first 01 November 2012
  • Olympic volunteers, Photo: istock Giving their allThe London 2012 Games and their army of smiling volunteers left behind a national sense of wellbeing and can-do spirit. Back in the world of austerity, the coalition expects similar Olympian efforts from charities to fill gaps in public services left by funding cuts. But is this a leap too far, asks Dan Corry 01 October 2012

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