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18 May 00
Alistair Darling's claim that the government is listening to pensioners fell on deaf ears this week as the National Pensioners' Convention demonstrated outside a conference on the over-50s where he...
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18 May 00
CIPFA's annual report for 1999, published this week, shows that the institute's finances are back in good health with a record surplus of £508,000.
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11 May 00
The government should stop 'tinkering' with the funding of long-term care for the elderly and implement fundamental reforms that clearly state what levels of care pensioners can expect from public...
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11 May 00
The Audit Commission this week exposed 'unacceptable variations' in councils' charging policies for home care, and called on the government to produce formal guidance to ensure a more consistent...
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11 May 00
Police authorities this week welcomed the Home Office's belated decision to pay the additional costs of Best Value audit facing the police service.
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11 May 00
With the Northern Ireland peace process teetering back from the precipice, Sinn Fein looks set to achieve an unprecedented double by winning the post of mayor in the province's two cities, Belfast...
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11 May 00
Delays in releasing prisoners on parole in England and Wales cost around £2.5m in 1998/99 according to a National Audit Office report.
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11 May 00
Small rural schools should cluster together to stave off closure, the Local Government Association warned this week.
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11 May 00
A landmark pay victory for speech and language therapists is a reminder of the importance of establishing a modern health service salary structure, according to the NHS Confederation.
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11 May 00
Most Whitehall departments have delivered on the myriad targets set out in the Public Service Agreements, despite the fact that Treasury Chief secretary Andrew Smith believed them to be too...
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11 May 00
The Higher Education Funding Councils are joining forces with universities' representatives to set up an equal opportunities action group to combat racial and sexual discrimination.
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11 May 00
Major housing organisations have made a joint appeal to Chancellor Gordon Brown for extra money to fund proposals in last month's housing green paper.
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11 May 00
Leaders of teaching unions voiced their scepticism about proposals to abandon the three-term school year at a hearing of the commission set up to examine the issue.
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11 May 00
Politics is a cyclical game. Representatives of the party in power at Westminster are always liable to be told to get on their bikes at mid-term local elections.
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11 May 00
Guidance from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence that a range of anti-cancer drugs should be available across England and Wales must be backed with hard cash, pharmaceutical manufacturers...
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11 May 00
Moves towards regionalisation in England have brought about no significant devolution of power, according to findings published by the Local Government Association on May 8.
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11 May 00
Last-minute changes to the business plan for Partnerships UK (PUK) are likely to turn its launch into a 'damp squib', according to the shadow economic secretary to the Treasury.
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11 May 00
Rural fire services face a £10m bill this year to cover new holiday pay entitlement for part-time firefighters.
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4 May 00
It is a rare Easter in Ireland when the commemoration of the 1916 Rising is overshadowed. But this year, a more modern drama swamped the historical pageants.
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27 Apr 00
The government is aiming to bring about up to 1,000 extra adoptions a year, with Prime Minister Tony Blair weighing in with a plea for a national register.
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27 Apr 00
Knowsley Borough Council is facing legal action for compensation from the family of a boy killed by a mentally ill man who four days earlier had been deemed not to need social services support or...
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27 Apr 00
More than three-quarters of housing benefit claims made by people living in sheltered and supported accommodation were not reviewed by councils as required, in the run-up to a new funding system.
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27 Apr 00
A former industrialist brought in to reform Customs and Excise has launched the process by scrapping its nineteenth century management structure.
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27 Apr 00
The Rural Services Partnership has called on the government to acknowledge the hidden costs of providing services in country communities.
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27 Apr 00
Put the consumer first and be ambassadors for your service, public sector workers are being told.
18 May 00Alistair Darling's claim that the government is listening to pensioners fell on deaf ears this week as the National Pensioners' Convention demonstrated outside a conference on the over-50s where he...
