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Cumbria CC warned over children's services

By MJ reporter | 16 January 2014

The Department for Education has issued an improvement notice to Cumbria CC over poor performance...

Child abuse inquiry gets under way

By MJ reporter | 16 January 2014

The biggest public inquiry into child abuse ever held in the UK has started in Northern Ireland.

Labour pledges to boost number of homes

By MJ reporter | 16 January 2014

An incoming Labour Government would commit to building 200,000 new homes a year by 2020.

Smith emerges from the pack

By MJ reporter | 15 January 2014

Marketing Gloucester has appointed Jason IJ Smith to be the company’s new chief executive.

Corporate director of finance promoted

By MJ reporter | 15 January 2014

Northumberland CC has internally promoted corporate director of finance, Steve Mason, to the new ...

Osborne: Rural areas get raw deal

By MJ reporter | 19 December 2013

Chancellor George Osborne has admitted rural local authorities are getting a raw deal from centra...

Plans for super-councils unveiled

By MJ reporter | 19 December 2013

The final plans for the reorganisation of councils in Northern Ireland have been published, with ...

Government to get '151 officer'

By MJ reporter | 18 December 2013

Ministers have agreed to learn lessons from local government as part of plans to reform spending ...

Welsh authorities fail to stop children absconding from care

By MJ reporter | 12 December 2013

Local authorities in Wales are failing to stop children in care from going missing, Assembly memb...

Councils praised for fast financial reporting

By MJ reporter | 12 December 2013

Councils have improved the speed of their financial reporting for the fifth successive year, spen...