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20 Aug 12
Selling off vacant social housing in the most expensive parts of the England could release £4.5bn annually, a think-tank said today.
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17 Aug 12
Plans to reform funding of adult social care concentrate ‘too much on the inheritances of the children of elderly people’, rather than improving quality, veteran Conservative MP John Redwood said...
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16 Aug 12
Councils have been urged to join a cross-government initiative to prevent people becoming homeless.
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14 Aug 12
Councils could be forced to reopen planning agreements made with house builders if deals agreed before the economic downturn are holding up developments, Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has...
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9 Aug 12
Shared council services have demonstrated ‘clear financial benefits’, a Local Government Association report said today.
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31 Jul 12
Local authority spending data is being released without town halls ensuring that it is ‘fit for purpose’, MPs on the Public Accounts Committee revealed today.
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26 Jul 12
The £1.25bn of funding being channelled through the pupil premium is not necessarily going to be well spent, both the Sutton Trust education charity and Ofsted have warned.
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25 Jul 12
Student fees in 2013/14 will average out at £8,500 in England, a £120 increase over the coming academic year, the Office for Fair Access has revealed.
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25 Jul 12
The UK economy has contracted for the third successive quarter, with output falling by 0.7% in the three months to June this year, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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23 Jul 12
Failings at the UK Border Agency have made immigration in the UK resemble the ‘Bermuda Triangle’, MPs have said.
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20 Jul 12
Up to £126m is being made available to businesses and charities in England that succeed in getting thousands of jobless youngsters back into education or training.
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19 Jul 12
Local government minister Bob Neill has defended Whitehall plans to support councils that are hit by falling business rates once the regime is localised.
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16 Jul 12
Attempts to improve the performance of the UK Border Agency have been hampered by incoherent planning and the delayed delivery of a key IT project, it has been revealed today.
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16 Jul 12
Transport Secretary Justine Greening today outlined plans for £4.2bn of new investment in Britain’s railways, including the extension of electrification across the network.
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13 Jul 12
European Union-backed regeneration projects could stall unless ministers take ‘urgent steps’ to provide them with match funding, MPs warned today.
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10 Jul 12
Reforms to the system of adult social care to be unveiled today by the government represent the ‘best opportunity in a generation’ to improve care for the elderly, the Local Government Association...
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9 Jul 12
Working families with children have been dealt a ‘triple financial blow’ in the recession through cuts to tax credits and rising costs of childcare and transport, according to the Joseph Rowntree...
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4 Jul 12
A continuing rise in the UK deficit could increase government borrowing costs if bond markets fear the coalition is ‘losing control’, journalist Paul Mason told CIPFA’s annual conference today.
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2 Jul 12
The first three powers devolved under the 2012 Scotland Act come into force today, when Holyrood takes charge of drink/drive laws, road speed limits and air gun regulation.
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2 Jul 12
Police forces in England and Wales have largely ‘risen to the challenge’ of maintaining services at a time of public spending cuts, the Inspectorate of Constabulary said today.
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27 Jun 12
Community Budget pilots could expand to include other authorities once current plans are submitted to Whitehall, Public Finance has been told.
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26 Jun 12
The government is set to offer greater devolution to English councils later this year in a move that will signal a ‘very radical’ extension of economic powers to local authorities
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22 Jun 12
Ministers have launched a review of their choice policy for the public sector, with the aim of identifying barriers and increasing diversity of provision.
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20 Jun 12
Public sector employment in the UK fell by 39,000 in the first three months of 2012, the tenth consecutive quarterly drop, the Office for National Statistics revealed today.
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15 Jun 12
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has said councils could save billions by merging services after three London boroughs today confirmed they will save £40m a year by co-operation.
20 Aug 12Selling off vacant social housing in the most expensive parts of the England could release £4.5bn annually, a think-tank said today.
17 Aug 12Plans to reform funding of adult social care concentrate ‘too much on the inheritances of the children of elderly people’, rather than improving quality, veteran Conservative MP John Redwood said...
16 Aug 12Councils have been urged to join a cross-government initiative to prevent people becoming homeless.
14 Aug 12Councils could be forced to reopen planning agreements made with house builders if deals agreed before the economic downturn are holding up developments, Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has...
9 Aug 12Shared council services have demonstrated ‘clear financial benefits’, a Local Government Association report said today.
31 Jul 12Local authority spending data is being released without town halls ensuring that it is ‘fit for purpose’, MPs on the Public Accounts Committee revealed today.
26 Jul 12The £1.25bn of funding being channelled through the pupil premium is not necessarily going to be well spent, both the Sutton Trust education charity and Ofsted have warned.
25 Jul 12Student fees in 2013/14 will average out at £8,500 in England, a £120 increase over the coming academic year, the Office for Fair Access has revealed.
25 Jul 12The UK economy has contracted for the third successive quarter, with output falling by 0.7% in the three months to June this year, according to the Office for National Statistics.
23 Jul 12Failings at the UK Border Agency have made immigration in the UK resemble the ‘Bermuda Triangle’, MPs have said.
20 Jul 12Up to £126m is being made available to businesses and charities in England that succeed in getting thousands of jobless youngsters back into education or training.
19 Jul 12Local government minister Bob Neill has defended Whitehall plans to support councils that are hit by falling business rates once the regime is localised.
16 Jul 12Attempts to improve the performance of the UK Border Agency have been hampered by incoherent planning and the delayed delivery of a key IT project, it has been revealed today.
16 Jul 12Transport Secretary Justine Greening today outlined plans for £4.2bn of new investment in Britain’s railways, including the extension of electrification across the network.
13 Jul 12European Union-backed regeneration projects could stall unless ministers take ‘urgent steps’ to provide them with match funding, MPs warned today.
10 Jul 12Reforms to the system of adult social care to be unveiled today by the government represent the ‘best opportunity in a generation’ to improve care for the elderly, the Local Government Association...
9 Jul 12Working families with children have been dealt a ‘triple financial blow’ in the recession through cuts to tax credits and rising costs of childcare and transport, according to the Joseph Rowntree...
4 Jul 12A continuing rise in the UK deficit could increase government borrowing costs if bond markets fear the coalition is ‘losing control’, journalist Paul Mason told CIPFA’s annual conference today.
2 Jul 12The first three powers devolved under the 2012 Scotland Act come into force today, when Holyrood takes charge of drink/drive laws, road speed limits and air gun regulation.
2 Jul 12Police forces in England and Wales have largely ‘risen to the challenge’ of maintaining services at a time of public spending cuts, the Inspectorate of Constabulary said today.
27 Jun 12Community Budget pilots could expand to include other authorities once current plans are submitted to Whitehall, Public Finance has been told.
26 Jun 12The government is set to offer greater devolution to English councils later this year in a move that will signal a ‘very radical’ extension of economic powers to local authorities
22 Jun 12Ministers have launched a review of their choice policy for the public sector, with the aim of identifying barriers and increasing diversity of provision.
20 Jun 12Public sector employment in the UK fell by 39,000 in the first three months of 2012, the tenth consecutive quarterly drop, the Office for National Statistics revealed today.
15 Jun 12Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has said councils could save billions by merging services after three London boroughs today confirmed they will save £40m a year by co-operation.
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