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Hopkins backs data-sharing report

By Jamie Hailstone | 26 January 2015

Local government minister Kris Hopkins has backed a new report, which claims councils could save ...

Coalition widens 'innovation corridor'

By Jamie Hailstone | 20 January 2015

Cities minister Greg Clark has backed a new coalition of business and council leaders from across...

Lloyds buys Birmingham's NEC for £300m

By Jamie Hailstone | 20 January 2015

Birmingham City Council has sold the NEC Group to the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group ...

Council in bid to renew Capita outsourcing deal

By Jamie Hailstone | 20 January 2015

Blackburn with Darwen Council has announced it wants to renegotiate its partnership with outsourc...

Councils serious about forming CA

By Jamie Hailstone | 20 January 2015

Thurrock Council and Southend-on-Sea BC have become the latest councils to openly talk about form...

Oxfordshire rekindles unitary debate

By Jamie Hailstone | 19 January 2015

Oxfordshire CC has rekindled the debate over unitary councils in its region by proclaiming a sing...

1m voters are missing, claims Miliband

By Jamie Hailstone | 16 January 2015

Labour leader Ed Miliband has warned that 1m voters have disappeared from the Electoral Register ...

First female director joins council

By Jamie Hailstone | 16 January 2015

Carmarthenshire County Council’s first female director, Christina Harrhy, has started in her post...

Trade unions warn of funding crisis

By Jamie Hailstone | 16 January 2015

Council services in England are under threat from a growing funding crisis, trade union leaders h...

Rogue tweeters are silenced

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 January 2015

The chief executive of Cheshire East Council has intervened in a row over local authority staff h...