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NEET numbers drop to lowest since records began

By MJ reporter | 28 May 2014

The number of young people aged 16 to 24 deemed not to be NEET has decreased by 118,000 in the la...

Listing windfall sees more than 1,200 assets protected

By MJ reporter | 28 May 2014

Local communities have used new legal powers to protect around 1,200 assets, according to the lat...

Ex-NHS chief takes up top Welsh health post

By MJ reporter | 22 May 2014

The Welsh Government has appointed a former NHS chief executive, Dr Andrew Goodall, to lead healt...

MPs join fight for airport purchase

By MJ reporter | 22 May 2014

Two local MPs have called on Thanet DC to compulsory purchase the closed Manston Airport.

Gove names two new commissioners to monitor academies

By MJ reporter | 22 May 2014

Education secretary Michael Gove has named his final two regional commissioners.

Partnership panel will link Stormont to authorities

By MJ reporter | 22 May 2014

Northern Ireland civil servants are setting up a new ‘partnership panel’ linking Stormont ministe...

Labour paves way for green belt building

By MJ reporter | 22 May 2014

Shadow communities secretary Hilary Benn has pledged to let councils build on green belt land if ...

Union issues stark outsourcing warning

By MJ reporter | 09 May 2014

The outsourcing of children’s services will only lead to fragmentation and a deterioration of qua...

Council rejects unitary authority bid

By MJ reporter | 08 May 2014

Members of North Yorkshire CC’s Conservative-controlled executive have rejected out of hand calls...

Mills in to replace retiring Hill at Milton Keynes

By MJ reporter | 08 May 2014

Milton Keynes Council has appointed a new chief executive to replace David Hill, who has announce...