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18 Jul 02
The Spending Review has confirmed what many expected: large increases in resources for many public services. The Budget had already told us how far the overall spending envelope would grow, and laid...
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11 Jul 02
Backbench Labour MPs this week warned that the spectre of clause four could come back to haunt the government.
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4 Jul 02
Education Secretary Estelle Morris has unveiled measures to tackle what she believes are the unique problems facing London's schools.
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27 Jun 02
Home Secretary David Blunkett has laid out his vision of a Britain free from racial prejudice and described the country as an open nation 'enriched by immigration'.
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27 Jun 02
Directly elected mayors edged closer to the political dustbin this week after a government U-turn gave councils traditionally opposed to the policy the final decision on holding mayoral...
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27 Jun 02
GPs have urged the Department of Health to implement immediately proposals that would slash their paperwork and enable them to see another 100 patients each per year.
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27 Jun 02
Labour's flagship housing policy of providing affordable properties for public sector workers is backfiring at a time when the shortfall has reached 'crisis point', MPs were told this week.
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27 Jun 02
'We're doing our bit, the Audit Commission is doing its bit, now you do your bit,' is the message that will be sent to ministers from the Local Government Association conference next week.
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27 Jun 02
The chief inspector of the National Probation Service has called for more funding to maintain the improvement in services since the national framework was introduced last year.
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27 Jun 02
Housing associations are protesting over government proposals to subject them to the same insolvency rules as private companies.
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20 Jun 02
Pressure is mounting on ministers to give local authorities another way to bring their homes up to standard, it was revealed at the conference.
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20 Jun 02
Stock transfers could become more expensive if large urban authorities are encouraged to switch their housing to a series of registered social landlords.
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20 Jun 02
The increasing influence of special advisers in government departments need not threaten the traditional role of civil servants, according to the permanent secretary at the Office of the Deputy Prime...
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13 Jun 02
Stock transfers must become more attractive if the government is to achieve its target of bringing all council homes up to standard by 2010, housing professionals warned this week.
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13 Jun 02
Elizabeth Filkin has said that any future changes to the Parliamentary standards system in the UK should be made with full public scrutiny in mind.
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6 Jun 02
Thirteen councils have been given permission to set up arm's-length management organisations (Almos) and allocated a provisional £355m.
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6 Jun 02
Last week, a political cycle was broken. The news that Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott had regained part of his old department proved that the Cabinet Office is no longer a dumping ground for has...
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30 May 02
External hit squads could be sent into the worst social services departments if they do not improve by November, the Department of Health confirmed this week.
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30 May 02
The British Red Cross has accused the government of ignoring its concerns over plans to accommodate asylum seekers in three out-of-town centres, which the charity believes will condemn refugees to an...
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30 May 02
The government is understood to be considering creating a Department for Devolution in the wake of this week's rushed dissolution of the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions.
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30 May 02
Public Service Agreements should be expanded to cover the proposed regional assemblies, to give them more freedom to target resources at regional priorities, England's most senior local government...
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23 May 02
The Audit Commission has uncovered £50m lost by local authorities through fraud and overpayments as a result of its biennial data-matching exercise.
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16 May 02
The Local Government Association has warned that its acceptance of the government's proposals for the English regions hinges on there being 'a genuine devolution of power from Whitehall'.
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16 May 02
Campaigners opposed to the Private Finance Initiative are continuing their struggle with Leeds Council over a multimillion pound housing refurbishment scheme.
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16 May 02
Liverpool has launched a major effort to cut the 18,000 empty homes in the city.
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