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19 Jul 01
In what has been described as a 'near revolutionary' step, the government has reopened the debate on the unfunded police and fire pension schemes and raised the possibility of meeting pension costs...
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19 Jul 01
The National Audit Office has saved taxpayers £1.4bn over the past three financial years, according to its annual report.
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19 Jul 01
The simmering hostility between the trade unions and the government over the 'privatisation' of the public sector broke out into open warfare this week.
The GMB, the country's fourth largest union...
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19 Jul 01
Seven of the leading professional associations in local government have agreed a set of principles in response to Prime Minister Tony Blair's 'reform or bust' speech this week.
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19 Jul 01
The prospect of a protracted legal battle over the future of the Tube grew this week after Ken Livingstone admitted he was likely to appeal if the High Court kicked out his bid to stop the government...
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19 Jul 01
The mother of all parliaments is having a difficult time with some of her more unruly offspring.
Rebellious MPs are defying parental authority and, echoing the cry of teenagers everywhere,...
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19 Jul 01
The Strategic Rail Authority must set 'more demanding' targets for improvements when its strategic plan for the railways is published in the autumn, the Commons Public Accounts Committee has demanded...
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19 Jul 01
Nurses and health care assistants involved in pioneering work on aromatherapy, horticultural therapy and coronary care for Asian women have been recognised in the first Prince of Wales Awards for...
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19 Jul 01
The government is to push ahead with plans for school reform despite stalling its much-trailed education white paper because of concerns about privatisation and the contentious issue of single-faith...
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19 Jul 01
The campaign for elected mayors took one leap forward then a large step back this week after residents in Watford voted yes to a US-style boss, only to find that slow work by Parliament will put back...
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12 Jul 01
Peter Mandelson has outlined a vision of English devolution that puts 'people before structures' and gives communities the tools to bring about their own renaissance.
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12 Jul 01
Birmingham City Council is setting a precedent in housing transfers by asking lenders to underwrite loans worth £1bn before it consults tenants over the move.
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12 Jul 01
Hopes that a new GP contract will be agreed soon rose this week after Health Secretary Alan Milburn invited the NHS Confederation to lead the discussions on behalf of health service employers.
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12 Jul 01
Local Government Secretary Stephen Byers has pledged to forge a new relationship between central and local government by slashing bureaucracy and giving authorities greater financial freedom.
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12 Jul 01
About the only thing that provokes a consensus on Best Value is the need for change.
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12 Jul 01
Risk management can have a major impact on councils' progress in achieving strategic objectives and is not a 'one-off exercise', the Audit Commission has warned.
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12 Jul 01
More than 135 companies have expressed an interest in joining a groundbreaking NHS public-private partnership, it was revealed this week.
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12 Jul 01
An £8.5m capital programme to build 22 new children's homes in Northern Ireland has been announced by the province's Health and Social Services Minister, Bairbre de Brún.
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12 Jul 01
Newcastle upon Tyne is a city riven by divisions. On one side are hip Labour councillors ready to plough as much as £488,000 into a youth culture event, the Love Parade.
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5 Jul 01
The Northern Ireland Assembly's finance and personnel committee gave a surprise endorsement to the Private Finance Initiative and other forms of public-private partnerships in a report published this...
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5 Jul 01
Government ministers need to set up a £1bn package for sustainable energies, a Left-wing think-tank has warned.
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5 Jul 01
Teachers this week demanded radical reductions in their workload and were given a surprisingly sympathetic ear from their employers.
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5 Jul 01
The Audit Commission has warned councils they are not on track to meet statutory targets for waste management and recycling.
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5 Jul 01
Fraud Squad officers have been called in to investigate financial irregularities in the Scottish Borders Council (SBC), as the authority's internal inquiry into a near-£4m overspend nears its...
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5 Jul 01
The make-or-break date for the government's policy on directly elected mayors looks increasingly like October 18 after Brighton and Hove Council became the latest authority to declare it will hold a...
19 Jul 01In what has been described as a 'near revolutionary' step, the government has reopened the debate on the unfunded police and fire pension schemes and raised the possibility of meeting pension costs...
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