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9 Aug 01
Unions have given a lukewarm welcome to government plans for a £250m sweetener for teachers based in the Southeast who are priced out of jobs because of escalating property prices.
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9 Aug 01
The government's attempts to increase the number of successful adoptions by setting up a national register must not obscure the needs of children, the Association of Directors of Social Services...
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9 Aug 01
Refugee groups have called on the Home Office to give councils more cash towards the dispersal of asylum seekers following the murder of a Kurdish man in Glasgow this week.
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9 Aug 01
Dame Helena Shovelton's annus horribilis came full circle this week when the government announced it would not re-employ her as chair of the Audit Commission.
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9 Aug 01
The National Health Service found a short cut to improvement this week with its first purchase of a ready-made private sector hospital since 1948.
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9 Aug 01
Social landlords inspected by the Housing Corporation will not receive a score or star rating, it was confirmed this week.
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9 Aug 01
An unnamed district council has been fined £28,050 for more than 1,000 breaches of the Pensions Act in relation to information provided to local government pension scheme members.
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9 Aug 01
Ealing council fears it will not qualify for financial help from the government following the bomb blast that tore through the heart of the borough.
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9 Aug 01
The three government partnership directors who will help mastermind the takeover of the National Air Traffic Services by a public-private partnership have been named.
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9 Aug 01
London Mayor Ken Livingstone has warned ministers he will keep up his opposition to the proposed part-privatisation of the Tube despite admitting defeat in his legal challenge to government plans.
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9 Aug 01
Campaigners have vowed to fight on in their battle to widen multiple sclerosis sufferers' access to beta interferons after reports suggested their availability would be limited in the NHS.
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9 Aug 01
Public sector workers have emerged as the winners in a survey scrutinising the ethical investment policies of the 100 largest occupational pension schemes.
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9 Aug 01
The private sector is to target MPs as part of a new offensive to counter the negative publicity surrounding public-private partnerships.
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9 Aug 01
Tenants living in social housing could be invited to become part home-owners under plans being drawn up by the government.
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9 Aug 01
The number of people sleeping rough has fallen by almost two thirds over the past three years, according to figures released this week.
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2 Aug 01
London Mayor Ken Livingstone is likely to appeal against this week's High Court decision to give the go-ahead to the government's plans for partial privatisation of the London Underground.
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2 Aug 01
The government has announced the locations of the first 16 centres of vocational excellence which are designed to boost young people's skills in fields where there are job vacancies.
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2 Aug 01
Sweeping reforms to the body that regulates doctors moved a step closer last week as the General Medical Council backed proposals to give a greater role to lay people.
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2 Aug 01
Housing associations are making fewer applications to build new homes, following the introduction of a new on-line bidding system.
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2 Aug 01
The Department of Health has fleshed out its proposals for franchising in the NHS.
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2 Aug 01
Local councils are being invited to bid for a share of £25m being put up by the government to extend the street warden scheme. Councils will have to match the central payment from their own budgets...
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2 Aug 01
The revolt against public-private partnerships gathered pace in the Labour Party this week as backbench MPs moved to join forces with the unions to protect public services.
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2 Aug 01
The foot and mouth crisis looks set to become the agricultural version of the Millennium Dome fiasco as the National Audit Office launches an investigation into the government's handling of the...
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2 Aug 01
The government's relationship with the main public sector unions took another downward turn this week when the teaching union, the NASUWT, said plans to privatise education services were 'dubious'...
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2 Aug 01
A private firm has angered unions by following its takeover of school support services in Bradford with an immediate warning to 1,000 former council employees to expect staff reductions.
9 Aug 01Unions have given a lukewarm welcome to government plans for a £250m sweetener for teachers based in the Southeast who are priced out of jobs because of escalating property prices.
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