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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...

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...

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 ...

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...