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18 Nov 99
Auditors this week demanded that European commissioners seize a 'historic opportunity' and overhaul working practices in the European Union to stop the annual haemorrhaging of millions of pounds.
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11 Nov 99
The highest-ranking Asian civil servant in the Cabinet Office has won an award recognising his achievements in the public sector.
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11 Nov 99
The Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions comes under fire this week from an influential committee of MPs for failing to make the most of the sale of Railfreight.
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11 Nov 99
Home Secretary Jack Straw has been forced to go back to the drawing board after it emerged that his draft Freedom of Information Bill contravened international agreements on the environment.
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11 Nov 99
The message from Liverpool this week was that the city of Derek Hatton, the Militant Tendency and local government anarchy is finally dead.
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11 Nov 99
Welsh health authorities and trusts face another year of deep cuts in services, despite receiving an extra £14m from the National Assembly.
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11 Nov 99
Housing associations are being given more freedom to spend grants which were initially tied up in properties that are disposed of or sold.
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11 Nov 99
A major boost to the Private Finance Initiative in housing came this week with the government's announcement of four PFI schemes, totalling £185m, for the refurbishment of council houses.
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11 Nov 99
The Prescription Pricing Authority has suggested setting aside its prescription backlog, wiping out two months' data, as one way of getting future prescribing information to health authorities and...
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11 Nov 99
Scottish council leaders have called for a fundamental review of performance indicators (PIs) after the Accounts Commission issued its latest set of criteria this week.
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11 Nov 99
The rateable values of properties in Scotland are set to rise by 13% while in England the increase could be 22%, a survey of work on next year's revaluation has shown.
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11 Nov 99
A simplification of the statutory capital controls framework for local authorities is needed, according to CIPFA.
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4 Nov 99
Ofsted will have no real difficulty in respect of the influx of private sector firms running schools, chief inspector Chris Woodhead said this week.
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4 Nov 99
Only a small number of primary care trusts (PCTs) may be formed next year, following the British Medical Association's insistence that the new bodies should receive support from at least two-thirds...
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4 Nov 99
As political pledges go, there are harder ones.
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4 Nov 99
Cabinet Office minister Ian McCartney was put in charge this week of spearheading attempts to prevent further failures in government IT contracts.
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4 Nov 99
The reputation of government executive agencies has been dealt another blow this week after auditor general Sir John Bourn accused the Courts Funds Office of financial mismanagement and losing track...
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4 Nov 99
The NHS will be spared the rigid Best Value regime imposed on local government and will focus on back-room support rather than clinical services.
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4 Nov 99
The government has issued guidance on how to judge whether a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) deal makes sense or not.
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21 Oct 99
Last weekend, the European Union made its first attempt to develop 'an area of freedom, security and justice'. EU leaders gathered at a special summit in Tampere, Finland, to commit to a common...
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21 Oct 99
Local health schemes, such as the development of diabetes care or minor injuries units, face the axe as a result of the government's change of direction on funding.
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21 Oct 99
Winning money for new recruits from the crime-fighting fund could be conditional on police authorities signing up to the new national communications project.
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21 Oct 99
Local government employers and their recognised trades unions signed a partnership agreement this week guaranteeing greater consultation with employees and their representatives throughout the Best...
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14 Oct 99
Hilary Armstrong this week refused to rule out further local government reorganisation in England under New Labour.
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30 Sep 99
Civil service unions are set to agree a ground-breaking 'partnership agreement' with the Cabinet Office and Treasury which offers guarantees of consultation on management changes in return for...
18 Nov 99Auditors this week demanded that European commissioners seize a 'historic opportunity' and overhaul working practices in the European Union to stop the annual haemorrhaging of millions of pounds.
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