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Wigan depot opens

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 July 2013

Wigan MBC’s new £3m depot for nine different council teams,including highways maintenance and str...

Adoption project

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 July 2013

The accountancy firm Baker Tilly and the Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies have launched ...

NFI set to stay on

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 July 2013

The Audit Commission has welcomed the announcement by the Cabinet Office that the watchdog’s Nati...

Local paper coverage warning for councils

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 July 2013

Town hall chiefs have warned councils could lose the right to run public campaigns with local pap...

Landlords report demands greater power for councils

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 July 2013

Councils should be given the power to recoup housing benefit payments from rogue landlords, accor...

West Somerset to mull shared chief executive plans

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 July 2013

Members of West Somerset Council will meet next week to discuss plans to get rid of their chief e...

Pickles brands health service key to local government progress

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 July 2013

The integration of health and social care services will change the face of local government, comm...

Council leaders pledge to work together on social care plans

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 July 2013

Town hall bosses have pledged to work with ministers over plans to create a social care funding cap

Children still the priority pledges Doncaster chief

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 July 2013

The chief executive of Doncaster MBC has pledged to keep the authority’s focus on improving the...

Legal action over MWDA's £1bn energy-from-waste contract

By Jamie Hailstone | 17 July 2013

Unsuccessful local bidder launches legal battle against Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority foll...