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Lancashire signs off 10-year BT deal

By James Evison | 16 May 2011

Lancashire CC has agreed to outsource its ICT and back-office functions to BT, despite a history ...

Slash child protection red tape urges expert

By James Evison | 12 May 2011

Child protection services should be freer and have less Whitehall intervention and target setting...

Bosses dismiss report on 'risky' outsourcing

By James Evison | 12 May 2011

Business leaders have hit back after a SOCITM report branded ICT outsourcing as expensive and ris...

Clegg firms up stance on Health Bill

By James Evison | 09 May 2011

The possibility of major changes to NHS reform has taken a step-forward with deputy prime ministe...

Green progress 'held back by lack of cash'

By James Evison | 05 May 2011

Low-carbon infrastructure is not receiving the investment it needs, according to a report by busi...

Move to repeal decision-making duty sparks row

By James Evison | 20 April 2011

Questions have been raised regarding the repeal of councils’ duty to involve the public in the lo...

Survey counters Pickles' bins guidance

By James Evison | 12 April 2011

Calls for more frequent bin collections have been ignored by local authorities, according to the ...

Councils tick 12m 'boxes' for Whitehall

By James Evison | 11 April 2011

More than 12 million ‘boxes’ have to be ticked by councils each year to meet Whitehall bureaucrac...

Pressure grows on Clegg over NHS reforms

By James Evison | 11 April 2011

Pressure on deputy prime minister Nick Clegg on the issue of NHS reforms has increased as a senio...

Worries linger over Iceland bank ruling

By James Evison | 07 April 2011

Priority status to councils with cash tied up in two failed Icelandic banks could still be challe...