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17 Jan 02
Teaching unions have applauded the government's zero-tolerance guidelines on the exclusion of bullies and thugs from schools.
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17 Jan 02
Social work departments in Scotland are making progress in many of their core activities, according to the Accounts Commission.
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17 Jan 02
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has outlined the government's revised strategy for tackling the 'cruel shambles' of public services in the poorest communities.
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17 Jan 02
Britain's first Asian permanent secretary, Suma Chakrabarti, broke more new ground this week by agreeing a family-friendly working week in his new job at the Department for International Development...
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17 Jan 02
NHS managers gave a qualified welcome to this week's announcement giving greater independence to the best trusts but remained sceptical over Alan Milburn's masterplan for a brave new world in the...
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17 Jan 02
Walsall council is in danger of 'slipping down the same slippery slope' as Hackney, Audit Commission controller Sir Andrew Foster has warned.
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10 Jan 02
Teaching unions spent last week squabbling among themselves over figures released by the National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of Women Teachers, which claimed that head teachers were hoarding...
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10 Jan 02
Westminster City Council has said it will pursue all avenues to track down the £27m owed it by former leader Dame Shirley Porter and her deputy David Weeks.
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10 Jan 02
Education leaders have welcomed plans to 'remodel' the teaching profession by giving teachers more time to prepare and plan their lessons.
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10 Jan 02
A government-funded campaign aimed at dismissing the image of the UK as a soft touch for asylum seekers has been scrapped after only 17 of 17,500 refugees at the controversial Sangatte Red Cross...
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10 Jan 02
The Local Government Information Unit has responded to what it described as a 'patronising', 'simplistic' and 'pseudo-scientific' local government white paper by establishing an independent...
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10 Jan 02
Council leaders have accused Mayor Ken Livingstone of 'attempting to bleed Londoners dry' with his suggested 35% increase in the Greater London Authority precept.
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10 Jan 02
Principals in further education colleges received average salary increases of 4.5% last year, according to a report.
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10 Jan 02
Ian Blair, the deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service, has warned that the force's 2002/03 financial settlement could throw the capital's policing into 'crisis', despite a likely...
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10 Jan 02
Unions and the private sector are still wrangling over the details of the government's Best Value review three weeks after the final deadline for talks, leaving the timetable for reform looking...
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10 Jan 02
A local authority chief executive and former head teacher is to become the next chief of Ofsted.
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10 Jan 02
A private consortium selected as a preferred bidder for the government's proposed public-private partnership for the London Underground has denied claims that ministers are about to pull the plug on...
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10 Jan 02
Ministerial intervention into Britain's largest council looks inevitable after Birmingham this week strongly rejected the government's calls for a referendum for a directly elected mayor.
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10 Jan 02
Nurses will feel 'sorely let down' by a pay rise that will give experienced staff nurses an extra £9 a week, according to the Royal College of Nursing.
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10 Jan 02
MPs have warned the Housing Corporation to keep a tight rein on the risk management of registered social landlords as the sector comes under increasing financial pressure.
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10 Jan 02
The Local Government Association has attacked the recent local government finance settlement for ignoring the increased demands being made on councils over personal social services.
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10 Jan 02
The level of private finance raised by housing associations is continuing to increase by more than 15% per year, new figures show.
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10 Jan 02
Northern Ireland's ambulance workers held an emergency meeting this week to consider strike action in protest at continuing attacks after a brick was thrown into an ambulance, injuring two paramedics.
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13 Dec 01
Labour is facing a major crisis over homelessness after figures showed the number of families living in bed and breakfast accommodation has risen by nearly a quarter in just 12 months.
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13 Dec 01
Increasing patient expectations will provide the greatest impetus for the NHS to improve, Neil McKay, NHS chief operations officer told the HFMA conference.