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2 Apr 12
Unison has criticised councils for freezing pay across the sector as the new financial year begins.
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28 Mar 12
Every young person out of work for more than a year should be given a publicly funded ‘Youth Job Promise’, according to the independent experts examining last summer’s riots.
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26 Mar 12
A series of ‘predictable flaws’ in the immigration system for students allowed as many as 50,000 people from outside Europe to enter the UK to work rather than study, the National Audit Office has...
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21 Mar 12
The government will work with cities to devolve decision-making powers and encourage the private sector in areas where the public sector dominates the economy, Chancellor George Osborne said today.
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20 Mar 12
Chancellor George Osborne has revealed that four large high street banks have signed up to the government’s £20bn scheme to boost lending to small businesses.
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7 Mar 12
Councils sharing chief executives have saved more money than they expected, a Local Government Association analysis has revealed.
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6 Mar 12
Plans for Whitehall departments to save money by sharing back-office services have cost £500m more than projected, the National Audit Office revealed today.
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1 Mar 12
Whitehall needs to adopt a more collaborative approach to property management, the National Audit Office said today.
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29 Feb 12
Around 15% of English local authorities plan to increase their council tax in April despite the offer of government cash to freeze bills, a CIPFA survey shows.
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27 Feb 12
MPs and councillors have put out to consultation a draft code that aims to confirm councils’ statutory powers and their independence from central government.
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27 Feb 12
The government has been warned that its troubled health reforms risk undermining the wider drive to introduce more choice
across public services.
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22 Feb 12
Below-inflation pay deals have slashed the value of council workers’ salaries to the level they were 20 years ago, Unison revealed today.
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17 Feb 12
English councils are considering issuing small local bonds to raise funds for essential capital projects, according to the New Local Government Network.
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16 Feb 12
Doctors have urged the government to delay the introduction of the NHS helpline that will replace NHS Direct in England.
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15 Feb 12
The unemployment rate climbed to 8.4% over the last three months of 2011, the highest since 1995, the Office for National Statistics revealed today.
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13 Feb 12
The government has launched a review of its powers to control pay and bonuses in public sector bodies, following rows over the rewards for the heads of state-backed companies.
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6 Feb 12
Fewer than half of the government’s 206 major infrastructure schemes are on track to be delivered on time and on budget, according to the Major Projects Authority, which oversees the work.
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2 Feb 12
Government departments exceeded their savings targets last year but will have difficulty making all the reductions needed by 2015, the National Audit Office has said.
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31 Jan 12
A group of local authorities in England have confirmed they are devising plans to pool Council Tax Benefit when it is localised in 2013/14.
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30 Jan 12
The major elements of the government’s controversial reforms to public sector pensions will not save any money over the long term, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said.
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26 Jan 12
The poorest councils in England have been hit hardest by the government’s spending cuts, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation said today.
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25 Jan 12
The UK economy shrank by 0.2% in the last three months of 2011 according to figures released today, fuelling fears of another recession.
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24 Jan 12
The government’s controversial health reforms are ‘frustrating’ the NHS’s efforts to meet its £20bn savings target by 2015, MPs said today.
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23 Jan 12
The gap between economically prosperous and poorer cities has grown, according to a think-tank.
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19 Jan 12
The government does not have a ‘good enough grasp’ of the costs of its plans to abolish more than 260 public sector bodies, the National Audit Office warned today.
2 Apr 12Unison has criticised councils for freezing pay across the sector as the new financial year begins.
28 Mar 12Every young person out of work for more than a year should be given a publicly funded ‘Youth Job Promise’, according to the independent experts examining last summer’s riots.
26 Mar 12A series of ‘predictable flaws’ in the immigration system for students allowed as many as 50,000 people from outside Europe to enter the UK to work rather than study, the National Audit Office has...
21 Mar 12The government will work with cities to devolve decision-making powers and encourage the private sector in areas where the public sector dominates the economy, Chancellor George Osborne said today.
20 Mar 12Chancellor George Osborne has revealed that four large high street banks have signed up to the government’s £20bn scheme to boost lending to small businesses.
7 Mar 12Councils sharing chief executives have saved more money than they expected, a Local Government Association analysis has revealed.
6 Mar 12Plans for Whitehall departments to save money by sharing back-office services have cost £500m more than projected, the National Audit Office revealed today.
1 Mar 12Whitehall needs to adopt a more collaborative approach to property management, the National Audit Office said today.
29 Feb 12Around 15% of English local authorities plan to increase their council tax in April despite the offer of government cash to freeze bills, a CIPFA survey shows.
27 Feb 12MPs and councillors have put out to consultation a draft code that aims to confirm councils’ statutory powers and their independence from central government.
27 Feb 12The government has been warned that its troubled health reforms risk undermining the wider drive to introduce more choice across public services.
22 Feb 12Below-inflation pay deals have slashed the value of council workers’ salaries to the level they were 20 years ago, Unison revealed today.
17 Feb 12English councils are considering issuing small local bonds to raise funds for essential capital projects, according to the New Local Government Network.
16 Feb 12Doctors have urged the government to delay the introduction of the NHS helpline that will replace NHS Direct in England.
15 Feb 12The unemployment rate climbed to 8.4% over the last three months of 2011, the highest since 1995, the Office for National Statistics revealed today.
13 Feb 12The government has launched a review of its powers to control pay and bonuses in public sector bodies, following rows over the rewards for the heads of state-backed companies.
6 Feb 12Fewer than half of the government’s 206 major infrastructure schemes are on track to be delivered on time and on budget, according to the Major Projects Authority, which oversees the work.
2 Feb 12Government departments exceeded their savings targets last year but will have difficulty making all the reductions needed by 2015, the National Audit Office has said.
31 Jan 12A group of local authorities in England have confirmed they are devising plans to pool Council Tax Benefit when it is localised in 2013/14.
30 Jan 12The major elements of the government’s controversial reforms to public sector pensions will not save any money over the long term, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said.
26 Jan 12The poorest councils in England have been hit hardest by the government’s spending cuts, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation said today.
25 Jan 12The UK economy shrank by 0.2% in the last three months of 2011 according to figures released today, fuelling fears of another recession.
24 Jan 12The government’s controversial health reforms are ‘frustrating’ the NHS’s efforts to meet its £20bn savings target by 2015, MPs said today.
23 Jan 12The gap between economically prosperous and poorer cities has grown, according to a think-tank.
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