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13 May 04
Ministers are celebrating after successfully banning the use of bed and breakfast accommodation for families with children beyond six-week emergency periods...
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6 May 04
The government-backed project set up to inject £125m of public money into the voluntary sector will fail unless public sector agencies get on board, the head of the consortium charged with managing...
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29 Apr 04
Overreliance on a small number of vaccine suppliers is putting the provision of routine immunisation programmes at risk, senior MPs warned this week.
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15 Apr 04
It's a safe bet that before the government's draft Gambling Bill hits the jackpot, there will have to be a few more spins of the wheel.
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8 Apr 04
Council leaders are to deliver a stark warning to ministers that key public services will suffer unless they are given significant new resources in the forthcoming Spending Review, Public Finance...
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25 Mar 04
Government attempts to reduce poverty and inequality across England have had a limited impact so far, despite sustained investment, according to a report by the Social Exclusion Unit.
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25 Mar 04
Council social services are better managed than they were seven years ago, but there remains a big gap between the best and worst, according to a 'hand-over' report on the sector published by the...
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18 Mar 04
Gordon Brown threw down the gauntlet to the Conservatives this week when he used his Budget statement to promise substantial extra investment in key public services well into the next Parliament.
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18 Mar 04
Labour activists should make the most of the fact that Labour councils have set the lowest average council tax rises in the forthcoming local elections, the party's leadership has said.
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18 Mar 04
Thousands of care homes in England are endangering their residents by failing to meet national standards on the handling and management of drugs, it emerged this week.
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11 Mar 04
Education Secretary Charles Clarke has published a draft Bill to enable councils to pilot methods of reducing school-run traffic.
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11 Mar 04
Chancellor Gordon Brown faces tough choices over public spending and may have to cut investment in key services to balance the Treasury's books, according to an influential think-tank.
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4 Mar 04
Councils will gain powers to organise pilot schemes to reduce school run traffic under a draft Bill due out next week.
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4 Mar 04
The prudential framework for local authority borrowing is about to have a major impact on Glasgow's regeneration, according to the city council's chief executive, George Black.
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26 Feb 04
Too many new childcare places are being created with no thought given to how they can be sustained once public funds are exhausted, a senior MP said this week.
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26 Feb 04
The NHS will implement new in vitro fertilisation guidance but it may take a number of years, Health Secretary John Reid warned this week.
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19 Feb 04
Young children and pregnant women are to benefit from a healthy eating drive as part of government efforts to tackle increasing obesity.
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19 Feb 04
More than 50% of people in England are not registered with a National Health Service dentist, new figures have revealed. They show that only 44% of adults and 60% of children were signed on last year...
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19 Feb 04
A government task force formed to help councils meet the decent homes target is set to be disbanded after fewer than three years.
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12 Feb 04
The head of the consortium that will manage the government's £125m fund to help charities be more effective in public service delivery hopes to use some of the money to test the viability of long-...
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5 Feb 04
Teaching unions this week laid the blame for the latest increase in the number of failing schools squarely with funding shortages and the school inspectorate's 'shifting goalposts'.
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5 Feb 04
The Department for Education and Skills has admitted that it plans to cut up to 800 jobs as part of an efficiency review that is likely to have repercussions across other Whitehall departments.
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15 Jan 04
Local government leaders are to urge ministers to review the entire regulatory framework for councils, while broadly endorsing the Audit Commission's planned reforms to the Comprehensive Performance...
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15 Jan 04
Ofsted is to change its approach from this month with a lighter-touch inspection regime for local education authorities.
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18 Dec 03
The Treasury is committing more than £4bn to its 'untried' baby savings scheme which may only benefit the children of affluent families, MPs warned this week.
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