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FINANCE

Back off, Brum's chief tells Sir Bob

By Heather Jameson | 10 December 2014

Birmingham City Council has hit back at Sir Bob Kerslake for being too detailed and dictatorial i...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

EXCLUSIVE: Axe fears over top-slice

By Dan Peters | 10 December 2014

The future of sector-led improvement hangs in the balance with fears that Whitehall’s grant to th...

BUSINESS

Councils will look and feel very different in future

By Paul Dossett | 09 December 2014

The narrative of local government austerity is familiar and will necessarily continue to be told,...

FINANCE

Man with a plan for the future

08 December 2014

Dan Peters met Wyre Forest DC’s chief executive, Ian Miller, to talk about the council’s big proj...

SOCIAL CARE

Creating better social workers

08 December 2014

A collective call to action has united 15 northern councils to champion the vital role of childre...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Sunderland's software solution

08 December 2014

Sunderland City Council has made use of innovative technology to deliver more responsive public s...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Towards one shared vision

By John Knight | 08 December 2014

Two Devon councils are breaking new ground to recruit their workforce based on the behaviours tha...

DIGITAL

Customers are core in channel shift journey

By Garry Payne | 08 December 2014

Garry Payne explains how Wyre BC is putting customers first through innovative use of technology ...

FINANCE

A glance at the small print

By Michael Burton | 04 December 2014

Michael Burton scrutinises the Treasury documents accompanying yesterday's Autumn Statement to se...

SOCIAL CARE

Beyond expectations

By Jonathan Werran | 03 December 2014

Greenwich RLBC scooped the award for innovation in social care through a well-planned approach to...