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LGA to fight axing of £172m welfare grant

By MJ Correspondent | 29 January 2014

The Local Government Association (LGA) is ‘lobbying very strongly’ over the ending of the £172m l...

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FOI survey reveals capital's £500m emergency housing bill

By Jonathan Werran | 24 January 2014

London boroughs have spent more than half a billion pounds on emergency housing since 2010, a ser...

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Homeless advice issued for London boroughs

By MJ Correspondent | 23 January 2014

New advice has been issued to London boroughs in a bid to ensure rents are not inflated by moving...

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Awards deadline looms for trailblazers

By MJ reporter | 23 January 2014

Is your service a trailblazer?

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Labour leaders call for new deal for local government

By Michael Burton | 23 January 2014

Labour leaders have called for a new deal for English local government.

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

PbR schemes hinder the most vulnerable

By Jonathan Werran | 23 January 2014

Government fixation with payment-by-results (PbR) schemes is discriminating against social sector...

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Trouble ahead on benefits street

By Jonathan Werran | 22 January 2014

Examination of the Exchequer's options for making £12bn cuts to benefit bill after 2015 election ...

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LGiU: councils should step up to personal debt crisis

By Jonathan Werran | 21 January 2014

Local authorities should stand up as community leaders to tackle a growing personal debt crisis a...

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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.

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Two Director Roles

16 January 2014