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GMB rejects pay offer

By Jamie Hailstone | 16 May 2014

Members of the GMB have rejected a 1% pay offer and are balloting to strike on 10th July as the r...

Welsh services face radical shake-up

By Jamie Hailstone | 15 May 2014

The Welsh deputy minister for social services has promised a radical shake-up in the way services...

Council-NHS alliance under review

By Jamie Hailstone | 15 May 2014

A pioneering back office partnership between Herefordshire Council and the NHS is to be reviewed.

Councillors more trusted than MPs to make local choices, LGA poll finds

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 May 2014

Three in four people would rather trust their local councillor to make a decision about their com...

Coalition divided over free school funding

By Jamie Hailstone | 12 May 2014

Cracks appeared in the coalition government over the weekend following a row over free school fun...

Elderly are in 'for a shock' over social care cap

By Jamie Hailstone | 12 May 2014

Pensioners are likely to face social care bills twice the size of the Government’s £70,000 cap, a...

Council postpones college funding decision

By Jamie Hailstone | 09 May 2014

A council has postponed a decision on whether to commit millions of pounds to fund repairs at a c...

Groups join forces over adult safeguarding

By Jamie Hailstone | 09 May 2014

Care and local government organisations have joined forces to strengthen roles and responsibiliti...

Budget merger proposals to compound NHS woes

By Jamie Hailstone | 08 May 2014

The King’s Fund has warned a looming financial crisis in the NHS is being exacerbated by plans to...

Serco sells shares to steady balance sheet

By Jamie Hailstone | 08 May 2014

Under-fire contractor Serco suffered a setback last week after its finance director announced he ...