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Council in break-away bid towards single-tier authority

By Jamie Hailstone | 17 February 2015

Aylesbury Vale DC’s cabinet has backed plans to look at breaking away from Buckinghamshire CC to ...

Erewash declines Derby's CA deal

By Jamie Hailstone | 17 February 2015

Erewash BC has ruled out joining the proposed Derby and Derbyshire combined authority, citing its...

Service provision variations still exist

By Jamie Hailstone | 17 February 2015

Care bosses have warned against complacency as the latest figures reveal regional variations in s...

Council bosses call for social care protection

By Jamie Hailstone | 16 February 2015

Town hall chiefs have called for social care to be protected in the next Budget, as councils come...

Gurrey parachuted in to advise on children's services

By Jamie Hailstone | 10 February 2015

Council chiefs have welcomed the appointment of a new advisor to turn around children’s services,...

Pledge to pool integrated care budgets for vulnerable

By Jamie Hailstone | 10 February 2015

A Whitehall social care chief has pledged to bring pooled budgets for people with learning diffic...

Defra hails value of waste

By Jamie Hailstone | 10 February 2015

The UK’s domestic waste sector generates £6.8bn for the economy every year, according to a govern...

Pilot letting scheme plans announced for Hastings

By Jamie Hailstone | 10 February 2015

Hastings BC is starting a lettings agency in order to help people looking for housing in the boro...

Services returning to Middlesbrough as Mouchel partnership gets revamp

By Jamie Hailstone | 10 February 2015

Middlesbrough BC is bringing a number of services back in-house from Mouchel, as it enters a ‘new...

Adviser appointed to help turnaround children's services

By Jamie Hailstone | 09 February 2015

A new adviser has been appointed in Norfolk to work alongside the county council and the Governme...