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Dermott Calpin

Articles by Dermott Calpin

MP red-flags 'large-firm' provider culture

By Dermott Calpin | 19 October 2011

Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude calls for service-commissioning overhaul to widen scope of ...

Councils on personal-budget target

By Dermott Calpin | 19 October 2011

Councils have taken significant steps towards achieving their target of providing universal perso...

Councils urge overhaul of academies funding

By Dermott Calpin | 19 October 2011

Ministers should cut the ‘red tape’ on the funding of academies and let councils take charge in a...

Service pressures will force 'radical' rethink

By Dermott Calpin | 12 October 2011

The New Local Government Network says financial pressures will lead to radical reforms in the del...

Leaders blast 'complex' business rates overhaul

By Dermott Calpin | 12 October 2011

Council leaders are poised to deliver a highly-critical verdict on the coalition's plan to overha...

A programme for action

By Dermott Calpin | 06 October 2011

The SOLACE Summit will issue an open invitation for executives and senior manager to discuss the ...

Majority of councils adopt strategic commissioning role

By Dermott Calpin | 28 September 2011

More than 80% of councils planning strategic commissioning role for the delivery of local service...

HS2 and the planning process

By Dermott Calpin | 20 September 2011

MPs' verdict on HS2 is likely to prove a key test for the Government’s streamlining of the planni...

Councils could face 'Californication' future

By Dermott Calpin | 08 September 2011

The New Local Government Network has warned that councils may undergo a radical but shrinking pro...

Clicking on to care

By Dermott Calpin | 07 September 2011

Staffordshire’s pioneering single portal for information on social care and health service has pr...