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Red tape hampering efforts to tackle youth unemployment

By Jamie Hailstone | 04 February 2013

Town hall leaders have called for a new locally-based approach to tackle the growing problem of y...

Hopes for derelict site fade after developer pulls plug

By Jamie Hailstone | 30 January 2013

Plans by Walsall MBC to develop a 37-acre site and create 4,000 jobs have been thrown into doubt ...

Care review 'should include third sector'

By Jamie Hailstone | 30 January 2013

Town hall bosses have called on the Labour Party to consider the role of independent and third se...

New fears over housing aid cap

By Jamie Hailstone | 30 January 2013

A new report says the early roll out of the new benefit cap could force some London boroughs to p...

Charity raises council tax debt fears

By Jamie Hailstone | 28 January 2013

A national debt helpline has called for councils to take a more 'measured' approach to debt colle...

Disabled face 'desperate situation' warn charities

By Jamie Hailstone | 23 January 2013

Five leading charities have warned of a growing social care crisis for disabled people, with 100,...

Council chiefs take up adoption fight

By Jamie Hailstone | 16 January 2013

Three leading local government organisations have joined forces to find new ways of encouraging p...

'Tsar' hails second year of ring-fenced funding

By Jamie Hailstone | 16 January 2013

The Government's public health 'tsar' has hailed a second year of ring-fenced funding allocations...

Scrap adoption bureaucracy say council chiefs

By Jamie Hailstone | 14 January 2013

Town hall bosses have warned that government bureaucracy is still getting in the way of the adopt...

Government publishes adoption map

By Jamie Hailstone | 11 January 2013

The Government has published a map of 'adoption hotspots' to encourage the number of people who w...