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£92m black hole means pay freeze for 20,000 staff

24 June 2009

Edinburgh City Council has unveiled plans to freeze the pay of 20,000 council staff to plug a £92...

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Course aims to enhance finance skills

24 June 2009

CIPFA has responded to criticism of public sector treasury-management skills by launching a new c...

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Exclusive: Councils boost budgets with pension cash

23 June 2009

Councils are using a controversial investment technique – exploiting the value of staff pensions ...

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Shared services deal saves unitaries £6m

18 June 2009

A service sharing agreement will save Cheshire’s two new unitary councils an estimated £6m a year...

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High pension costs 'scare off' private bids says CBI

18 June 2009

Businesses are discouraged from bidding for public service contracts because of the need to mirro...

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Shock report reveals signs of pension fund crisis

18 June 2009

The first indications of town halls’ pension crisis have started to emerge, with Somerset CC reve...

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Ruling prompts LAML chair to seek clarity over powers

18 June 2009

The chairman of the Local Authorities’ Mutual Limited has written to new communities secretary, J...

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Scots may get control over a third of budget

18 June 2009

Scotland’s devolved government would have absolute control over one-third of the country’s budget...

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Money Matters

18 June 2009

Any of you who were in the Scouts or Guides will remember the motto ‘Be prepared’, and in these t...

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Scots call for wider equal pay

16 June 2009