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Labour plan to undo £6bn care funding

By MJ reporter | 03 March 2015

Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has pledged to overturn groundbreaking plans to devolve £6bn...

Scots councils face tough choices when setting next year's budgets

By MJ reporter | 17 February 2015

Scottish councils are facing ‘tough choices’ in settling their budgets this year, the Convention ...

PUA strengths outweigh weaknesses, says Centre for Cities

By MJ reporter | 17 February 2015

An influential think-tank has hit back at criticisms raised in The MJ over its methodology for ev...

Call to turn Lincs into single-tier authority

By MJ reporter | 27 January 2015

A Lib Dem county councillor has called on Lincolnshire CC leader Martin Hill to consider turning ...

Watchdogs attack Miliband's 'missing votes scandal claims'

By MJ reporter | 20 January 2015

Voting watchdogs have rejected claims made by Labour Party leader Ed Miliband that up to a millio...

'Don't write off poll tax debts' authorities warned

By MJ reporter | 20 January 2015

Local authority chiefs have warned that Scottish Government plans to write-off ‘poll tax’ debts c...

No improvement over NHS delayed discharges

By MJ reporter | 20 January 2015

Care minister Norman Lamb has admitted the number of days lost in the NHS to delayed discharges c...

Specialists' numbers to double to aid chaotic households

By MJ reporter | 20 January 2015

The number of welfare-to-work specialists seconded to the coalition’s flagship troubled families ...

Search for chief executive is on – again

By MJ reporter | 13 January 2015

The search for Bradford City Council’s new chief executive is set to start again, after councillo...

LGiU report gets to grips with how to build more homes

By MJ reporter | 13 January 2015

The Local Government Information Unit (LGiU) is producing a new report looking at how councils ca...