Articles by MJ Correspondent
Council aims to put all services online
By MJ Correspondent | 19 November 2013
Worcestershire CC officers hope to make savings by ensuring all services are available online.
'Centralisation would damage fraud detection'
By MJ Correspondent | 19 November 2013
Local government’s fraud detection performance will be damaged when some investigation powers are...
Council confident developers will not bypass planners
By MJ Correspondent | 13 November 2013
Powers that would allow developers to bypass a council’s planning department are unlikely to be u...
Auditing procurement U-turn by Government
By MJ Correspondent | 13 November 2013
The local government sector will be allowed to collectively procure auditing services after a Gov...
Contract row showdown in Lancashire
By MJ Correspondent | 13 November 2013
Wrangling over the controversial relationship between Lancashire CC and its strategic partner BT ...
Whitehall 'must solve wefare contradictions'
By MJ Correspondent | 13 November 2013
The Government needs to ‘face up to the contradictions’ in its welfare reforms, an academic has t...
Birmingham review launched
By MJ Correspondent | 13 November 2013
A six-month joint review of children’s services in Birmingham has been launched by the city council.
Row over reviews after Hamzah Khan case
By MJ Correspondent | 13 November 2013
A call for action to stop future serious case reviews (SCRs) being ‘meaningless’ has been made.
Burden of two-signature rule to be scrapped
By MJ Correspondent | 12 November 2013
The requirement for every cheque payment made by a parish council to be signed by two members is ...
Councils: Care system will fail without adequate funding
By MJ Correspondent | 12 November 2013
The care system will fail if it is not adequately funded, a group of councils has warned the Gove...
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