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Kier's profits fall

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 September 2013

The Kier Group has announced a fall in underlying pre-tax profits from £70m in 2012 to £63.4m thi...

Call made to lift borrowing cap

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 September 2013

London Councils has called on the Government to relax the rules on local authorities borrowing to...

Charities helping to save services, says survey

By Jamie Hailstone | 17 September 2013

Charities are playing a key role in helping save local services from closure, according to a new ...

Council bosses defend children's homes policy

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 September 2013

Town hall chiefs have defended the policy of placing children in homes outside their local area.

New group for Labour councillors launched

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 September 2013

Shadow communities secretary Hilary Benn was among the guests at the inaugural meeting of the Ass...

Clark hails 'great' new city deal

By Jamie Hailstone | 12 September 2013

Preston City Council, South Ribble BC and Lancashire CC have agreed a city deal - the first in th...

Ex-Lancashire leader criticises email search

By Jamie Hailstone | 12 September 2013

The former leader of Lancashire CC has declared he has ‘nothing to hide’.

Review calls for new health and social care relationship in Essex

By Jamie Hailstone | 12 September 2013

An independent review has called for a new relationship between people and health care organisati...

Barking best for business borough

By Jamie Hailstone | 11 September 2013

Barking and Dagenham LBC has been named as the best ‘all-round small business-friendly’ borough i...

Combined authority 'critical' for North East

By Jamie Hailstone | 11 September 2013

Business leaders in the North East have hailed plans for a combined authority in the region as ‘c...