Articles by MJ Correspondent
The best laid plans…
By MJ Correspondent | 20 May 2014
Dan Peters investigates the recent brouhaha following Whitehall concerns over the quality of loca...
Fund forum opposes Glencore all-male board chief's appointment
By MJ Correspondent | 16 May 2014
Council pension funds could block a mining giant’s choice of new chairman over the absence of wom...
New network hailed as 'huge step forward'
By MJ Correspondent | 16 May 2014
A new network to encourage councils to think more about how they can create value has been hailed...
LEPs urged to 'redraw local boundaries'
By MJ Correspondent | 16 May 2014
The LEP boundary map should be torn up and redrawn, the chairman of the County Councils Network (...
Row continues over scrapped BT deal
By MJ Correspondent | 15 May 2014
The leader of Lancashire CC has again clashed with her predecessor over the council’s scrapped pa...
Local knowledge 'would be lost' under Land Registry plan
By MJ Correspondent | 15 May 2014
Local knowledge and experience would be lost under the Land Registry’s plan to centralise data he...
Human rights to be applied to social care
By MJ Correspondent | 15 May 2014
The Human Rights Act will be applied to social care after a last-minute change to the Care Bill b...
'Ofsted-style body' to boost pension fund oversight
By MJ Correspondent | 15 May 2014
An Ofsted-style body to boost independent oversight of LGPS funds could be among the ideas propos...
LGA must 'toughen up' to assist sector
By MJ Correspondent | 15 May 2014
The LGA needs to ‘toughen up’ its approach to sector-led improvement of children’s services, a se...
No rift behind Better Care Fund 'delay'
By MJ Correspondent | 15 May 2014
The two Government departments charged with delivering the BCF have insisted they are united behi...
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