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Council takes control of regeneration
In a move which the government hopes will be mirrored across Britain, Thurrock Borough council has taken back the responsibility for regeneration in i...
[09/09/2010 ]
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Sir Bob Kerslake appointed permanent secretary to DCLG
Venerated public servant Sir Bob Kerslake has been made permanent secretary to the Department of Communities and Local Government.
Sir Bob has said...
[07/09/2010 ]
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Anglesey Council interim chief executive to stay on for the ‘foreseeable future’
An interim council chief executive, who is paid £270,000 a year, is to stay on at his position according to the Welsh Assembly.
David Bowles began ...
[07/09/2010 ]
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Government backs pubs
The coalition government has pledged to back local pubs by cutting red tape and by allowing communities to buy local pubs to keep them open.
Pubs t...
[06/09/2010 ]
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Unison lays down ultimatum to David Miliband
Public service union, Unison, has laid down a series of demands to labour leadership candidate David Miliband.
The demands came from the union’s le...
[06/09/2010 ]
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Councils spent millions on union reps last year, claims investigation
An investigation by the Sunday Telegraph has claimed that some councils are spending thousands of pounds - some hundreds of thousands - on union repre...
[06/09/2010 ]
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Party on, says Pickles
The government has announced that it is to reduce the amount of red tape which organisers need to go through to put on community events.
Communitie...
[03/09/2010 ]
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High hopes in Cardiff
The new chief executive of Cardiff City Council, Jon House, has said that he wants the council to become the best performing in Europe within the next...
[03/09/2010 ]
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Time for action: reforming public services and balancing the budget
In May we set out a challenge to the next government to fundamentally re-engineer public services. Our proposals, which are contained in our latest re...
[02/09/2010 ]
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Entitlement abandoned
Although the coalition government is barely three months old, there are already very definitive signs emerging of the approach that they will take tow...
[02/09/2010 ]
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