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Care chief urging NHS collaboration

By Jamie Hailstone | 15 May 2013

Care minister Norman Lamb has called on local authorities to collaborate more closely with the NH...

Outsourcing plans give union cause for concern

By Jamie Hailstone | 15 May 2013

Unison has raised fresh concerns over outsourcing of public services after Doncaster MBC confirme...

WLGA issues bleak financial warning

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 May 2013

The WLGA has warned that councils could have to cut spending by more than a half as financial cut...

Cheshire East Council misled public says Ombudsman

By Jamie Hailstone | 10 May 2013

Local Government Ombudsman rules Cheshire East Council misled the public over a planning applicat...

Exeter chief to retire

By Jamie Hailstone | 10 May 2013

Exeter City Council’s chief executive, Philip Bostock, has announced he will retire in the summer...

New Cumbria acting chief executive named

By Jamie Hailstone | 10 May 2013

Diane Wood looks set to become the new acting chief executive at Cumbria CC, subject to a full co...

Adult care bosses plan to save £800m

By Jamie Hailstone | 10 May 2013

Adult social care bosses have warned that departments face an ever bleaker future than originally...

Growing demand for social investment says report

By Jamie Hailstone | 10 May 2013

Britain’s social investment market is on the rise, according to Big Society Capital’s first annua...

Cable favours City Deals

By Jamie Hailstone | 08 May 2013

Business secretary Vince Cable has distanced himself from local enterprise partnerships saying h...

Tri-borough chief execuitve to join public health board

By Jamie Hailstone | 07 May 2013

Outgoing chief of Kensington and Chelsea RLBC and Hammersmith and Fulham LBC joins Public Health ...