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CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Councils in England must offer young mental health aid

By Dan Peters | 21 June 2017

English councils should be given a statutory duty to commission school-based mental health suppor...

FINANCE

Unison calls for lifting of 1% public sector pay cap

By Dan Peters | 21 June 2017

General secretary of trade union Unison, Dave Prentis, this week called on the Government to lift...

NORTHERN IRELAND

Councils increase pressure on government as Brexit talks start

By Dan Peters | 21 June 2017

Local government negotiators believe the General Election result creates an opportunity for their...

BUSINESS

Liverpool chief executive re-bailed, police confirm

By Dan Peters | 20 June 2017

Liverpool City Council boss Ged Fitzgerald was yesterday among four men re-bailed on suspicion of...

HEALTH

Surrey Heartlands in GM-style health devo deal

By Dan Peters | 16 June 2017

A Greater Manchester-style devolution deal has been struck in Surrey Heartlands.

WHITEHALL

Bristol battles to save £5m

By Dan Peters | 15 June 2017

Bristol City Council has made a raft of proposals for how to save more than £4.7m.

PAY

Employers surprised at 'ambitious' 5% pay claim

By Dan Peters | 14 June 2017

Trade unions today demanded a ‘relatively modest’ pay rise of at least 5% in their claim for 2018...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Lower-tier councils pull out of Sheffield devolution deal

By Dan Peters | 14 June 2017

Bassetlaw DC has become the second lower-tier council to back away from participation in the Shef...

WHITEHALL

Time for some new school thinking?

By Dan Peters | 14 June 2017

At a recent The MJ round table, council chief executives and senior managers met to discuss the r...

FINANCE

More business rates lead to Reading making £1m reserves raid

By Dan Peters | 14 June 2017

Reading BC has been forced to raid its reserves by an extra £1m after collecting more business ra...

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