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FINANCE

Shared services in Australia

By William Taylor | 31 January 2012

Former district council chief executive William Taylor describes his experiences working in Austr...

HEALTH

Local government and public health

By Ged Curran | 31 January 2012

London borough chief executive Ged Curran digs into the history books to look at the origins of m...

FINANCE

How Bexley and Bromley merged their libraries

By Toni Ainge | 31 January 2012

Two London boroughs have merged their library service back offices. Toni Ainge and Colin Brand ex...

FINANCE

What will the council of the future look like?

By Peter Martin | 30 January 2012

County council leader Peter Martin looks at a report into how the council of the future might look.

What keeps you awake at night?

By Heather Jameson | 27 January 2012

As councils face the toughest challenges of a decade, recruitment specialist, Gatenby Sanderson, ...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Following the Best Value Statutory Guidance

By Stephen Bubb | 25 January 2012

Sir Stephen Bubb,looks at how councils have responded to his recent letter to council chief exect...

FINANCE

Councils will pick up the tab for benefit cuts

By Nick Raynsford | 25 January 2012

The localisation of housing benefit is a disaster in the making, says Nick Raynsford.

HEALTH

Regulating for the masses

By Paul Wheeler | 25 January 2012

Despite a whole industry growing up around regulation of public services, the public remain uncon...

FINANCE

Producing annual accounts is wasting money

By Alistair Montgomery | 25 January 2012

Increased demands for financial information have made councils' annual accounts too costly, Cllr ...

WHITEHALL

The value of public services

By Jonathan Werran | 18 January 2012

Jonathan Werran looks at the recent financial problems within the public services sector.