Articles by Dominic Browne
Government announces 14 community budget pilot schemes
By Dominic Browne | 22 December 2011
The Government today announced the award of 14 'community budget' pilots for 2012 -ten more than ...
Deadline announced for broadband rollout cash
By Dominic Browne | 16 December 2011
English councils have been given until February to apply for a share of the £530m of government c...
OFT fears spark probe into private healthcare market
By Dominic Browne | 15 December 2011
A full Competition Commission (CC) investigation into the £5bn private healthcare sector has come...
Plymouth announces management overhaul
By Dominic Browne | 13 December 2011
Plymouth City Council has removed its assistant chief executive role due to 'financial pressures'...
Support for 'city mayors' set to grow
By Dominic Browne | 09 December 2011
Senior politicians have high hopes that Birmingham, Liverpool and Bristol will opt for directly e...
Clegg outlines Finance Bill powers
By Dominic Browne | 09 December 2011
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has announced plans for sweeping changes to councils' financial ...
UK councils 'fare better' than their Continental counterparts
By Dominic Browne | 07 December 2011
According to a controversial Whitehall analysis handed to The MJ UK councils are 'sitting pretty'...
London Councils questions Socitm strike web-survey
By Dominic Browne | 07 December 2011
London Councils dispute claims made by IT group Socitm that ten of the capital’s boroughs were a ...
Westminster vows to end protest camp 'once and for all'
By Dominic Browne | 07 December 2011
Westminster City Council proposes bye-law to end decade-long protest camp outside Parliament Square.
Stroud phone poll suggests councillor cull
By Dominic Browne | 07 December 2011
Over three in four Stroud residents feel councillor numbers could be halved.
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