Articles by MJ reporter
15-minute care visits labelled inappropriate
By MJ reporter | 28 October 2014
Campaigners have welcomed new government guidelines, which state that 15-minute care visits are i...
DCLG improving claims NAO
By MJ reporter | 28 October 2014
Levels of staff engagement at the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) have mad...
IPPR calls on the Government to create Settlement Support Fund
By MJ reporter | 21 October 2014
A leading think-tank has called for councils to be given money from citizenship fees to help prom...
Union urges Surrey CC to rethink elderly homes closures
By MJ reporter | 21 October 2014
The GMB trade union has urged Surrey CC councillors to rethink a decision to close six care homes...
Councils failed to detect rise in non-benefit fraud
By MJ reporter | 21 October 2014
Some 39 councils, among them 35 districts, failed to detect a single instance of non-benefit frau...
Leeds poised to sell property to fight spending cuts
By MJ reporter | 21 October 2014
Leeds City Council could sell off almost £100m worth of land and buildings over the next few year...
Alliances 'improve patient care'
By MJ reporter | 21 October 2014
Hospital consultants should spend more time with their social care colleagues, according to a new...
More departures put directors under fire
By MJ reporter | 21 October 2014
Fresh concerns have been raised over the ability of children’s services directors to turn around ...
Croydon lobbies for £5.25bn devolution plan
By MJ reporter | 21 October 2014
Croydon LBC is lobbying ministers to devolve rights for it to collect a raft of local property ta...
Supermarket tax will raise food bills
By MJ reporter | 01 August 2014
Business leaders have warned that council plans to tax larger supermarkets will only lead to larg...
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