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Westminster ditches controversial parking plans

By Jamie Hailstone | 19 January 2012

Westminster City Council has abandoned its controversial plans to charge for evening and weekend ...

Council staff transfer to NHS in first combined partnership

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 January 2012

Around 1,000 care staff are poised to transfer from Staffordshire CC to the NHS.

Fresh warnings over housing benefit cap

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 January 2012

Charities and councils have issued fresh warnings over changes to housing benefits, and the impac...

Staffordshire care workers poised for transfer

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 January 2012

Almost 1,000 social care workers could be transferred over to the NHS in Staffordshire as part of...

Scottish workers win equal pay battle

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 January 2012

Edinburgh City Council agrees multi-million pound settlement for hundreds of authority workers in...

CQC publishes latest round of reviews

By Jamie Hailstone | 12 January 2012

The Care Quality Commission publishes second phase of its review of services for people with lear...

Doncaster approves 4% staff pay cut

By Jamie Hailstone | 11 January 2012

Doncaster MBC has approved plans to cut staff pay by 4% - and to slash other perks - in a bid to ...

Council calls to raise infant class sizes

By Jamie Hailstone | 06 January 2012

The chief executive of Sutton LBC has called on the Government to increase the number of pupils a...

Unite rejects NHS pensions offer

By Jamie Hailstone | 06 January 2012

The Unite trade union has unanimously rejected the Government's latest offer over NHS pension ref...

One in six Londoners 'has mental health issues'

By Jamie Hailstone | 06 January 2012

London Assembly members told one in six adults suffers from mental health issues – while suicide ...