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Profile: Staffordshire CC

By Michael Burton | 06 September 2011

Michael Burton visits Staffordshire CC to see how the council is maintaining the balance of its m...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Power at the touch of a card

By Nicola Carroll | 05 September 2011

The pioneering Empower Card helped Cheshire East Council beat off stiff competition for The MJ’s ...

FINANCE

Class acts

02 September 2011

Major changes are underway in the way local authorities and schools commission and provide suppor...

FINANCE

Great minds think alike

02 September 2011

Lancashire CC has won The MJ’s Councillor Development Achievement of the Year Award. Nicola Carro...

FINANCE

Bridging the funding gap

02 September 2011

Local authorities may make different strategic choices but they share a common commitment to deve...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

From Town Hall to the shop floor

31 August 2011

Councils have a vital role to play helping small businesses rebuild long after damage has been re...

BUSINESS

A growing challenge

31 August 2011

Councils and businesses have to take a lead in finding effective policies to promote growth and b...

BUSINESS

Sharing risks and rewards

31 August 2011

Joint ventures can offer local authorities flexible ways of developing new models of service deli...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Going local in Hertfordshire

31 August 2011

Hertfordshire has been developing ways to give people a greater say in deciding their own local s...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Rebuilding hope after the riots

By Merrick Cockell | 31 August 2011

The causes of the riots are complex, but Sir Merrick Cockell believes one factor has been the pub...