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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.

Report backs council bond issues

By Dominic Browne | 06 December 2011

Councils making forays into municipal bond market to drive economic growth backed by leading thin...