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£500k cost of 'mentoring' members

27 September 2009

Town halls in England have spent almost £500,000 on ‘mentoring’ schemes for councillors since a p...

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Institute expels trainee after lies

27 September 2009

CIPFA has expelled a former trainee accountant at Argyll & Bute Council, after he lied about his ...

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Doubts raised over plan to tax £1m home owners

27 September 2009

Finance experts have challenged Liberal Democrat calls for a new tax on properties worth £1m-plus...

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Opt-out 'not an option'

24 September 2009

Employers’ head, Jan Parkinson, has warned that attempts to opt out of the national pay bargainin...

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New bid to create 'safe' home for town hall cash

24 September 2009

Plans to improve the way councils manage £30bn in cash assets in the wake of the Icelandic bankin...

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County bid to end equal pay dispute

23 September 2009

Cumbria CC has made individual settlement offers, in a bid to end a long-running equal pay dispute.

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Council tax freeze ahead

22 September 2009

The Scottish finance secretary has hinted that council tax bills would be frozen for another year...

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Britain set to retain AAA rating

22 September 2009

Britain’s beleaguered public sector finance officials have received a timely boost, after credit ...

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TUC leader's warning over spending cuts

22 September 2009

The leader of Britain’s union movement has warned town halls not to indulge in ‘slash and burn ec...

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Unions 'reluctantly' settle on pay

18 September 2009