Articles by MJ Correspondent
Doncaster mayor welcomes talks with Michael Gove over children's services' future
By MJ Correspondent | 21 August 2013
The mayor of Doncaster has welcomed the prospect of talks with Education Secretary Michael Gove o...
Scots councils try to get tough on begging
By MJ Correspondent | 21 August 2013
Councils in Scotland could join forces in a bid to outlaw street begging.
Lancashire County Council in contract u-turn
By MJ Correspondent | 21 August 2013
The decision to controversially outsource a Lancashire CC contract has been reversed, as an inves...
Conflict of interest concerns over Doncaster care chief
By MJ Correspondent | 21 August 2013
Questions have been raised about whether the new central government-appointed commissioner for ch...
National social workers' head urges realism over failing child services
By MJ Correspondent | 21 August 2013
Under-fire councils ‘should not assume they have the right’ to provide children’s services, the B...
Councils could work together to crack down on empty homes
By MJ Correspondent | 21 August 2013
Councils serving different communities could work together to lobby the Government for a change i...
No timescale for local financial assessment, auditors admit
By MJ Correspondent | 21 August 2013
The National Audit Office (NAO) has admitted it has ‘no timescale’ for carrying out a comprehensi...
More than £2m efficiency savings made by Inverclyde Council
By MJ Correspondent | 21 August 2013
Inverclyde Council has reported a further £2.1m of efficiency savings.
LGA: Youngsters being failed by national job schemes
By MJ Correspondent | 19 August 2013
Young people are being failed by nationally-run job schemes designed to help them, the Local Gove...
Four director posts to be scrapped at Council of the Isles of Scilly
By MJ Correspondent | 16 August 2013
Four director-level posts will be scrapped at the Council of the Isles of Scilly as part of a res...
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