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Crisis in care homes, warns report

By Jamie Hailstone | 27 October 2014

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has warned of a ‘permanent sense of crisis’ in the UK’s care home ...

Chief executive complaint dismissed

By Jamie Hailstone | 27 October 2014

A complaint against Thanet DC chief executive Sue McGonigal has been dismissed as unfounded follo...

Salford wins judicial review over transport cuts

By Jamie Hailstone | 24 October 2014

Salford City Council has won a legal battle over plans to cut wheelchair bus services to day cent...

Authority 'overwhelmed' by wind farm applications

By Jamie Hailstone | 21 October 2014

A Conservative peer has claimed Northumberland CC is ‘overwhelmed’ by the number of planning appl...

Company wanted to manage Sherwood Forest centre

By Jamie Hailstone | 21 October 2014

Nottinghamshire CC has announced it is looking for a partner to manage its new Robin Hood visitor...

LDL moves back to local authority ownership

By Jamie Hailstone | 21 October 2014

Liverpool City Council’s controversial partnership with BT – Liverpool Direct (LDL) – looks set t...

Housing firms sign £20m deal

By Jamie Hailstone | 21 October 2014

Social housing specialists, Mears, has bought lettings agency Omega Group for £20m.

New shared chief appointed

By Jamie Hailstone | 20 October 2014

Malvern Hills DC and Wychavon DC have appointed Jack Hegarty as their shared chief executive/mana...

Variations in care still too wide warns CQC

By Jamie Hailstone | 17 October 2014

The variation in care services across England is still too wide, according to a new report publis...

Pioneers needed to boost health integration

By Jamie Hailstone | 15 October 2014

Care minister Norman Lamb has called for a second wave of pioneers to push forward the integratio...