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First meeting of Scotland Island Councils group held

By Jamie Hailstone | 30 August 2013

Scotland’s Island Councils yesterday held the inaugural meeting of a new group that could lead to...

Care bosses issue minimum wage warning

By Jamie Hailstone | 30 August 2013

Town hall chiefs have warned there is ‘no excuse for breaking the law’ following reports some car...

Lincs co-op to support five county libraries

By Jamie Hailstone | 21 August 2013

The Lincolnshire Co-operative has joined forces with Lincolnshire CC in a bid to run library serv...

Council in bid to bring green energy to Glasgow

By Jamie Hailstone | 21 August 2013

Glasgow City Council has announced plans for a green energy company to help create jobs and tackl...

Controversial joint venture to shut

By Jamie Hailstone | 16 August 2013

A controversial local authority venture is to be closed down in a bid to save taxpayers £12.5m.

Care bosses defend children's care charges

By Jamie Hailstone | 15 August 2013

Care bosses have defended the use of charging for some aspects of children’s social care after Wo...

Exclusive: Councils report delays to citizenship certificates

By Jamie Hailstone | 15 August 2013

The Home Office is failing to send councils citizenship certificates due to ‘technical issues’, w...

More councils take up BT broadband

By Jamie Hailstone | 14 August 2013

Communications giant BT has strengthened its grip on the broadband market with three new county c...

Priority areas for European funding identified

By Jamie Hailstone | 14 August 2013

The Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and Serco Vocational Training have j...

Love Northamptonshire campaign attracts interest from firms

By Jamie Hailstone | 14 August 2013

A county council backed advertising campaign has resulted in more than 50 enquiries from business...