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Hull hails £310m wind turbine investment

By Jamie Hailstone | 02 April 2014

Hull City Council’s leader has welcomed the news Siemens is to invest £310m locally to develop wi...

Global IT to help troubled families

By Jamie Hailstone | 31 March 2014

The Government’s Troubled Families programme and new technology are helping to break down barrier...

Councils hit back at children's services crisis claims

By Jamie Hailstone | 31 March 2014

Council bosses have hit back at claims by the NSPCC.

Birmingham to get children's services commissioner

By Jamie Hailstone | 27 March 2014

A review has recommended an independent commissioner be appointed to oversee Birmingham City Coun...

Council bosses blast health cash claims

By Jamie Hailstone | 27 March 2014

Town hall chiefs dismissed claims public health funds are being used to fill holes in local autho...

A guaranteed Sure Start

By Jamie Hailstone | 26 March 2014

A challenge facing any incoming Government after 2015 will be to rekindle the ambition and restat...

Cllrs to decide fate of incinerator

By Jamie Hailstone | 26 March 2014

Norfolk county councillors are to meet next month to discuss whether or not to scrap controversia...

Royal Mail secures six-borough contract

By Jamie Hailstone | 26 March 2014

Royal Mail has won a two-year contract to collect and deliver post for 14 local authorities acros...

Cuts put extra pressures on families and the elderly

By Jamie Hailstone | 26 March 2014

Experts to warn government policies are pulling families ‘in different directions’ as MPs debate ...

MP queries returning officer's role

By Jamie Hailstone | 26 March 2014

A Welsh MP demands Whitehall probe into Carmarthernshire chief executive's role as elections retu...