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Balfour Beatty hit as construction dries up

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 November 2012

International construction giant Balfour Beatty has issued a profit warning, blaming a lack of ma...

PM to announce 400 more primary academies

By Jamie Hailstone | 12 November 2012

PM David Cameron is expected to announce 400 of the weakest primary schools are to be taken out o...

Strategic grant cuts see NCVO income drop 27%

By Jamie Hailstone | 07 November 2012

The National Council for Voluntary Organisations has revealed its annual income fell by more than...

RSA launches into social care debate

By Jamie Hailstone | 07 November 2012

The Royal Society for the Arts (RSA) has pitched into the intensifying debate over social care fu...

Calls for inquiry after city pulls plug on housing plan

By Jamie Hailstone | 07 November 2012

Opposition councillors have called for an inquiry after Liverpool City Council pulled the plug on...

Child protection system is failing youngsters, say MPs

By Jamie Hailstone | 07 November 2012

An influential group of MPs has today warned the child protection system is failing young people,...

Reining in the 'chuggers'

By Jamie Hailstone | 07 November 2012

The British are generous when it comes to charitable giving, but they show less enthusiasm for 'c...

Care home firms £4.5bn in debt, survey shows

By Jamie Hailstone | 05 November 2012

Campaigners have claimed Britain’s biggest care home operators have combined debts of more than £...

'We must adopt Dilnot' Lamb tells conference

By Jamie Hailstone | 31 October 2012

The new care minister Norman Lamb has pledged the Government 'must do Dilnot' and reform the soci...

Miliband to launch mental health taskforce

By Jamie Hailstone | 29 October 2012

Ed Miliband is expected to announce he is launching a mental health taskforce.