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Essex select Lord Hanningfield replacement

9-Feb-2010 | By James Illman

Essex County Council appoints new leader after Lord Hanningfield’s resignation

Council pilot protects cash-strapped elderly

9-Feb-2010 | By Jim Dunton

Nottinghamshire pilots annuity scheme to help stop self-funders running out of cash

'Free' personal care to cost region £100m a year

9-Feb-2010

Regional grouping calls for full Government funding to underwrite conference pledge

Fire control centres may have to be scrapped

9-Feb-2010

A controversial scheme to build new fire control centres - already years behind schedule and over the budget - may have to be scrapped

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Burnham rejects £20,000 'death duty' reports

9-Feb-2010

The Health Secretary denies backing a new £20,000 death duty to pay for radical reform of social care for the elderly

Ex-leader urges greater social policy scrutiny

9-Feb-2010

Programmes to tackle social problems like teenage pregnancy, drug and alcohol abuse and joblessness should be submitted to independent scrutiny, says former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith

Council staff join foreign reconstruction efforts

9-Feb-2010

Local government staff are joining volunteers who will be ready for deployment to countries emerging from conflict and crisis

County chief takes 5% pay cut

8-Feb-2010 | By David Blackman

Devon County Council chief executive Phil Norrey takes a salary cut “to demonstrate restraint”

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Affordable housing 'bleaker than ever'

8-Feb-2010

The prospects of getting an affordable home are looking bleaker than ever for millions of people, housing associations warn

Councils maintain safe investment approach  

8-Feb-2010 | By James Illman

Councils continue to pile money into rock-solid government accounts and other safe havens but inflation may put pressure on councils to achieve better returns

Education structure top-heavy says LGA

8-Feb-2010

A re-structuring of post-16 education will waste public money unless the structures around it are radically slimmed down, council leaders are warning

Builders cry foul over council work

8-Feb-2010

Building contractors claim they are being increasingly marginalised by the public sector despite Government pledges to improve access to work

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Avoiding being localist only in opposition

4 February 2010 | By Emma Maier

Public opinion is shaped, if not led, by the media, which would seize upon the postcode lottery argument

The Conservatives haven't lived up to their rhetoric

By Dan Drillsma-Milgrom

The limits of David Cameron’s commitment to localism have been evident for some time

A rather clumsy episode

By Tony Travers

The row over Audit Commission lobbying resulted from a series of mistakes, not political bias: the Audit Commission includes politicians from all parties

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Community Partnership Awards 2010 - the winners

5-Feb-2010

The winners of the Community Partnership Awards 2010 are announced at a ceremony at Grosvenor House Hotel in London

Devolution: build it and they will come?

By Warren Hatter

In light of Philip Hammond’s response to Paul Carter’s proposals, can radical devolution of decision-making ever appear to be worth the risk to ministers - or their shadows?

Wearside wonders

By Robin Latchem

Sunderland does it again - leading the way in digital local government to tackle social exclusion

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