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Council spending on elderly drops by £1.3bn

By Jamie Hailstone | 28 October 2011

More than £1.3bn has been cut from council’s annual spending to help the over 65s, according to n...

Move to axe chief's role 'damaging' says ALACE

By Jamie Hailstone | 12 October 2011

The Association of Local Authority Chief Executives warns Wiltshire Council against its decision ...

Resignation fails to knock partnership

By Jamie Hailstone | 12 October 2011

The leader of Bournemouth Council has defended the authority's partnership with support services ...

City can take a lead on social enterprise

By Jamie Hailstone | 12 October 2011

The UK is poised to become a world leader in the field of social enterprise, according to a new r...

Wiltshire scraps chief executive's post

By Jamie Hailstone | 06 October 2011

Wiltshire Council has decided it will axe its chief executive's post and delete one corporate dir...

Mouchel chief executive resigns

By Jamie Hailstone | 06 October 2011

The chief executive of support services group Mouchel, Richard Cuthbert,resigns as the company an...

Adoption process must speed up says minister

By Jamie Hailstone | 05 October 2011

Children's minister, Tim Loughton, has called for the adoption process to be speeded up.

Homes transfers signal end for Southern Cross

By Jamie Hailstone | 05 October 2011

The end is nigh for troubled care home operator, Southern Cross, after it announced 250 homes had...

'Joint action' needed over service reforms

By Jamie Hailstone | 05 October 2011

Sir Stephen Bubb urges the Government and councils to work more closely with the third sector, an...

Pickles to take on union officials today at conference

By Jamie Hailstone | 03 October 2011

Eric Pickles to 'call time' on full-time union officials in his speech later today.