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14 Dec 00
The largest tax cuts in the history of the Irish state were announced last week by finance minister Charlie McCreevy.
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30 Nov 00
A £900m European Investment Bank loan for London Underground's public- private partnership would 'compromise' government policy, a leading critic of the proposed partial privatisation of the Tube...
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30 Nov 00
Local authorities may be set to receive £44bn in next year's finance settlement, an inflation-busting increase of 6.7% but, with two different funding options on offer, 47 councils are left more in...
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30 Nov 00
On December 11, managers at the London Borough of Hackney will learn whether the current crisis caused by a gaping hole in the budget will be compounded by a mass walkout of council staff.
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30 Nov 00
The controversial Pimlico School PFI scheme has finally collapsed in ignominy. At a meeting on November 27, the school governors rejected the scheme by a vote of ten to seven, ending more than five...
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30 Nov 00
Public services in rural areas, including education, social care, transport and post offices, face an annual audit to ensure they are meeting minimum performance targets.
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23 Nov 00
Leeds City Council is to provide e-mail and Internet access for its 298 schools through a deal with BT Syncodia Systems, British Telecom's e-business arm.
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2 Nov 00
Former deputy justice minister Angus MacKay was the big winner in the Scottish Cabinet reshuffle carried out by First Minister Henry McLeish this week.
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2 Nov 00
MPs are threatening to rein in Chris Woodhead, the blunt-speaking chief inspector of schools, because of his approach and attitude to their work.
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19 Oct 00
The government is to invest £82m in a new literacy and numeracy scheme for 11 14-year-olds, Education Secretary David Blunkett announced this week.
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19 Oct 00
A high-profile authority chief executive has warned that the advent of regional assemblies may lead to a dramatic down-sizing of local government.
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19 Oct 00
Northern Ireland's first home-grown budget in 29 years proffers a substantial increase in spending on the health service in the province and a boost for agriculture and rural development.
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19 Oct 00
Efforts to minimise pressure on the health service this winter went up a gear this week as leading figures warned that the NHS faces a tough three months.
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19 Oct 00
Edinburgh University is attempting to stave off a projected £3m annual shortfall in funding by raising a £40m bond issue.
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12 Oct 00
Local government needs to ditch its narrow-minded approach to partnerships, local government minister Hilary Armstrong warned this week.
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12 Oct 00
Ministerial interference in next year's finance settlement is threatening to divide local government, with London boroughs accusing the government of trying to cheat them out of £49m to placate its...
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12 Oct 00
Home Secretary Jack Straw has distanced himself from a report which calls for the merger of the Commission for Racial Equality, the Disability Rights Commission and the Equal Opportunities Commission.
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5 Oct 00
Education minister Jacqui Smith is preparing to eat her words this week as the government maintains its increasingly desperate attempts to keep Pimlico School's ailing Private Finance Initiative deal...
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28 Sep 00
Education Secretary David Blunkett moved to appease local authorities this week after the collapse of his Frontline First policy.
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28 Sep 00
Child support services are close to collapse in the Vale of Glamorgan, according to a report on the council's social services described by one Whitehall official as 'the most damning we have produced...
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28 Sep 00
The London Borough of Lambeth has been forced to shelve a £440m public-private partnership regeneration scheme after residents voted against it.
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28 Sep 00
The European Commission has accused the government of breaking European law over the controversial Pimlico school Private Finance Initiative in a move that has wide-ranging repercussions for other...
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28 Sep 00
A new inquiry has opened into the exams fiasco in Scotland which left thousands of pupils uncertain about their academic futures.
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28 Sep 00
Local authorities are being urged to press ahead with setting up arm's-length housing management companies 18 months before they will be allowed to spend any extra money on their stock.
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28 Sep 00
The Scottish Executive has launched a new 'weekly wage' scheme to try to persuade less well-off pupils to stay on at school after the age of 16.
14 Dec 00The largest tax cuts in the history of the Irish state were announced last week by finance minister Charlie McCreevy.
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