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Troubled city tram project faces seven-month delay

18 August 2009

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Anger over plan to cap redundancy payments

17 August 2009

Cabinet Office plans to cap redundancy pay for departing Civil Service staff have been described ...

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Plugged In: now hear this

12 August 2009

The Government listens to local government’ is not a headline we read as often as we might like.

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New breakaway blow to national pay framework

12 August 2009

The future of local government’s national pay bargaining framework was in doubt this week, after ...

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Slump in revenues 'will exceed £4bn'

12 August 2009

Council revenues are likely to slump by significantly more than the £4bn identified by the LGA th...

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Icelandic cash continues to flow despite debt row

12 August 2009

UK councils will continue to be reimbursed cash invested in the collapsed Icelandic banks, despit...

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A fairer footing for council housing

12 August 2009

Following the launch of the Government’s consultation on housing finance, John Bibby hopes issues...

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Local government employers defend revised pay offer to town hall unions

10 August 2009

The employers’ negotiator has defended their handling of the tortuous pay talks with council work...

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Date set for launch of controversial parking levy scheme

06 August 2009

Nottingham’s controversial workplace parking levy will come into force in April 2012, after gaini...

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Staff asked to take unpaid leave, consider redundancy or cut hours

06 August 2009

A district council in Oxfordshire has written to its staff asking them to consider taking unpaid ...