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Balls to make devolution speech

By Jamie Hailstone | 02 February 2015

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls is expected to make a speech this week promising £30bn of devolved mon...

Report calls for devolution re-think

By Jamie Hailstone | 02 February 2015

Plans to devolve more powers to local government will not improve regional variations in the econ...

Oxfordshire to cull chief executive role

By Jamie Hailstone | 30 January 2015

Oxfordshire CC has announced chief executive Joanna Simons will be standing down at the end of Ju...

Report slams lack of care progress

By Jamie Hailstone | 30 January 2015

A major report into standards of care for disabled people has called for ‘much faster and sustain...

LGA: Give greater powers to combined authorities

By Jamie Hailstone | 27 January 2015

Government plans to change the rules around combined authorities and economic prosperity boards (...

Concerns over council's contract with Mouchel

By Jamie Hailstone | 27 January 2015

Bournemouth BC’s former head of finance has claimed she had serious concerns about the local auth...

Bid to get public custom-building own homes

By Jamie Hailstone | 27 January 2015

Capita and Lloyds Banking Group have joined forces for a new scheme to help councils construct ne...

Glasgow's games generate £600m for British firms

By Jamie Hailstone | 27 January 2015

Last year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow generated more than £600m in contracts for British firm...

Minister warns of 'negative' behaviour in the run up to Welsh mergers

By Jamie Hailstone | 27 January 2015

Welsh public services minister Leighton Andrews has warned against ‘negative behaviour’ that migh...

Burnham proposes home care army for the NHS

By Jamie Hailstone | 27 January 2015

Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has pledged to create a home care army of more than 5,000 wo...