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Welsh authority investigated after child protection concerns

By Jamie Hailstone | 14 September 2011

The Wales Audit Office (WAO) has launched a special investigation into Pembrokeshire CC as the co...

Government needs local leaders says Bob Neill

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 September 2011

Minister Bob Neill has said that the Government is looking to local leaders to help deliver its d...

Cooper warns against elected police chiefs

By Jamie Hailstone | 12 September 2011

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper warns elected police commissioners will politicise the servic...

Charity publishes cuts data on disabled services

By Jamie Hailstone | 12 September 2011

The charity Scope has published an online map highlighting which councils are cutting disabled pe...

Wiltshire chief executive faces axe

By Jamie Hailstone | 09 September 2011

Wiltshire Council could lose chief executive Andrew Kerr as part of a management restructure, whi...

Third sector warns on 'tick box' advice

By Jamie Hailstone | 07 September 2011

Charity bosses have warned that new Government guidelines on how councils can protect third secto...

Critics of NHS reform warn of high risk to health service

By Jamie Hailstone | 07 September 2011

Campaigners renew warnings about NHS reforms as MPs begin to debate the controversial Health and ...

Company to deliver council services

By Jamie Hailstone | 07 September 2011

Aberdeen City Council has agreed to create a local authority-owned trading company to deliver soc...

Wandsworth backs capital bonds to raise extra finance

By Jamie Hailstone | 07 September 2011

Wandsworth LBC looks set to become the first London borough to issue capital bonds in a bid to ra...

Survey urges swift action to save ailing high streets

By Jamie Hailstone | 07 September 2011

NLGN think tank and British Property Federation in joint call for councils and local businesses t...