Local Government Chronicle
18 February 1993
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£5 MILLION EXTRA FOR SCHOOL BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS ANNOUNCED
Schools Minister Eric Forth today made available an extra£5.1m for school building improvements. Projects in 39 lo... -
1993 CHARTER MARK AWARD SCHEME LAUNCHED
Public services which meet Charter standards will again be able to apply for the prestigious Charter Mark Awards, t... -
ADC DEFENDS SMALL AUTHORITIES
Local authorities do not have to be large in order to represent and serve local citizens successfully says the Asso... -
BILL FOR ROLLING ELECTORAL REGISTER FAILS TO WIN SUPPORT
A private member's bill designed to improve electoral registration failed to win enough supporters in the Commons l... -
BIRMINGHAM IN KNOTS OVER ARTS EVENT FOR SPAGHETTI JUNCTION
Plans to stage a 'multi media arts experience' at Spaghetti Junction have plunged Birmingham City Council into cont... -
BOROUGH ORDERED TO PAY IN SWAPS RESTITUTION CASE
Islington LBC has been ordered in the high court to repay£1.14 million from interest rate swap transactions. ... -
BURY HOPES LOOPHOLE WILL KEEP OLD PEOPLE'S HOMES OPEN
Bury MBC hopes it has found a legal loophole which will save it from having to close two elderly person's homes. ... -
CARDIFF AIRPORT SALE COULD EARN COUNTIES 'UP TO£50 MILLION'
The sale of Cardiff airport could raise up to£50 million for its local authority owners, the Guardian reports (p13... -
CHANCELLOR OUTLINES PLANS FOR UNIFIED BUDGET
In reply to a parliamentary question from Slough MP John Watts, Chancellor Norman Lamont said that the government i... -
COLOUR TVs OFFERED TO PROMPT COUNCIL TAX PAYERS
Westminster City Council is offering colour televisions in a prize draw to council tax payers who agree to pay in m... -
COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL ALLOWED TO SELECT PUPILS ON ABILITY
An opted out comprehensive school in Reading, Berkshire yesterday became the first in the UK to be allowed to start... -
CONTAMINATED LAND REGISTERS ARE DROPPED
Environment Secretary Michael Howard is to scrap plans for contaminated land registers, the Daily Telegraph reports... -
CORPORATION CONSULTS ON WATCHDOG FOR HOUSING ASSOCIATION TENANTS
The Housing Corporation today launched consultation about proposals for an ombudsman service for housing associatio... -
COUNCIL JOB LOSSES START TO MOUNT, SURVEY FINDS
More than 3,500 job losses have been announced by local authorities over the last 10 days, the Guardian reports (p5... -
COUNCIL PAYS DAMAGES OVER HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIBEL
A housing association accepted undisclosed damages and a public apology in the high court yesterday over an accusat... -
COUNCIL TAKES ACTION AGAINST SUSPECT PESTICIDE
Lincoln City Council has become the first local authority to impose a moratorium on a pesticide suspected of causin... -
COUNCILS COULD HAVE TIGHTER PLANNING POWERS FOR HISTORIC AREAS
The government is considering new powers for local authorities which would help them crack down on 'bad taste' deve... -
COUNTY GIVES GRANTS TO PERSUADE SCHOOLS NOT TO OPT OUT
Conservative controlled Northamptonshire CC is offering cash to schools to persuade them not to opt out, the Times ... -
COURT GIVES NEW DIRECTION ON CHILDREN ACT EVIDENCE
New legal guidelines have been set by the Court of Appeal on evidence previously thought to be inadmissible in Chil... -
EDUCATION SECRETARY MEETS TEACHER UNIONS
Education Secretary John Patten had meetings today with representatives of five of the six teacher unions. He... -
ERIC PICKLES APPOINTED AS INDUSTRY PPS
Minister for Industry Tim Sainsbury has today appointed Eric Pickles MP as his parliamentary private secretary. ... -
FIRE SERVICE COULD BE NEXT ON COMPETITION LIST
The fire service may be included in the government's policy goal of turning councils into contract awarding and mon... -
FOURTH WELSH EDUCATION DIRECTOR QUITS BLAMING GOVERNMENT POLICIES
Another Welsh education director is leaving his job over the government's education reforms, the fourth in three mo... -
GIRLS COMPREHENSIVE CAN ADMIT ON ACADEMIC ABILITY
Southlands School, a girls comprehensive in Reading, will be able to select a proportion of its pupils for academic... -
GOOD COMMUNITY CHARGE COLLECTION WILL HELP COUNCIL TAX SAYS HOWARD
Environment Secretary Michael Howard has welcomed figures showing that with three months of this financial year sti... -
GOVERNMENT 'FAILING TO MATCH COMMUNITY CARE PROMISES' SAYS LABOUR
Claims by the local authority associations that community care will be underfunded by£250 million are 'totally bog... -
GOVERNMENT MOVES TOWARDS ROADS PRIVATISATION
The government plans to hive off the national road network to a new agency called Highways Command, the Financial T... -
GOVERNMENT RESPONDS IN LEGISLATION TO UNISON BALLOT COMPLAINTS
The recent ballot on the creation of public services union UNISON gave an example of abuses which an amendment to t... -
GOVERNMENT WARNED IT COULD FACE COMPENSATION CLAIMS OVER TUPE
The government has been advised it could have to pay compensation to former civil servants whose jobs were contract... -
HACKNEY SACKS OFFICER WHO TOOK 400 DAYS' SICK LEAVE
A housing officer who took 400 days off sick in less than three years has been sacked by Hackney LBC, the Daily Tel... -
HANSARD ROUND UP
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HEADS MAY JOIN TESTS BOYCOTT
Head teachers may take action against this summer's English tests for 14 year olds, in protest at the government's ... -
HOUSING AND LAND BILL TOPS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA
The row in Wales over the education reforms continues with two more education directors joining the criticism of go... -
HOWARD ANNOUNCES£20 MILLION FOR INNER CITY PROJECTS
Environment Secretary Michael Howard today announced that 81 new projects in 46 inner city areas would be supported... -
HOWARD TO ANNOUNCE URBAN PARTNERSHIP FUNDING
Environment Secretary Michael Howard will announce a£180 million boost for inner cities, the Daily Telegraph repor... -
HUNT INCREASES CARDIFF BAY FUNDING BY£10 MILLION
Cardiff Bay Development Corporation will receive£45 million in government grant for 1993-94 - an increase of£10m ... -
ISLINGTON MAY APPEAL£1M INTEREST RATE SWAPS RULING
Welsh Office minister Sir Wyn Roberts launched a blistering attack on local education authorities, accusing them of... -
ISLINGTON MAY APPEAL£1M INTEREST RATE SWAPS RULING
Islington LBC is considering appealing against last week's High Court ruling that it should pay more than£1 millio... -
ISLINGTON PUBLISHES ACTION PLAN AFTER SOCIAL SERVICES INVESTIGATION
Islington LBC today published the first stage of an investigation involving young people who had been in the care o... -
LADY PORTER LEAVES COUNCIL FOR RADIO JOB
Former Westminster City Council leader Dame Shirley Porter is stepping down as a councillor, the Times reports (p2)... -
LEGAL CONFUSION AS COUNTY AXES NATIONAL PARK SPENDING
Brecon Beacons national park is considering whether to sue Mid Glamorgan CC for axing its grant, the Western Mail r... -
LOCAL AUTHORITIES RAISE DOUBTS OVER PLANS FOR FIFTH HEATHROW TERMINAL
A plan to build a£900 million fifth terminal at Heathrow airport has been greeted with serious doubts by local aut... -
LONDON BOROUGH BOASTS HIGHEST PAID MANUAL WORKERS
Hammersmith and Fulham LBC says its workers are now the best paid council employees in the country, following a£7 ... -
LONDON BOROUGHS BATTLE FOR SUBSIDY
London boroughs launched a high court challenge today to a government decision which could cost them up to£100 mil... -
LORDS REJECT COUNCIL LIBEL ACTION
The House of Lords has rejected a county council's attempt to sue the Sunday Times for libel. Five law lords ruled ... -
LOTHIAN PURSUES EIGHT POLL TAX DEFAULTERS TO BANKRUPTCY
Lothian RC will today announce eight people have been declared bankrupt for poll tax non payment, the Scotsman repo... -
MANCHESTER PUSHES FOR INTERNATIONAL STATUS
Manchester, which today launches its bid to stage the Olympics, intends to be one of the leading cities of Europe, ... -
MANCHESTER'S OLYMPIC BID BACKED WITH PUBLIC MONEY
Prime Minister John Major yesterday pledged public money to underwrite the£1.5 billion cost of Manchester's stagin... -
MICHAEL HOWARD WELCOMES LOW COUNCIL TAXES
Local authorities must be allowed to invest all their capital receipts in housing, Andrew Miller, Labour MP for Ell... -
MICHAEL HOWARD WELCOMES LOW COUNCIL TAXES
Environment Secretary Michael Howard today welcomed growing evidence that most local authorities were heeding the g... -
MINISTER ATTACKED FROM BOTH SIDES OVER TRANSFER OF UNDERTAKINGS
Employment Minister Michael Forsyth faced criticism from both sides of the House during last night's third reading ... -
MMI NEGOTIATIONS GOING AT 'SNAIL'S PACE'
Merger negotiations between Municipal Mutual and Zurich Insurance are progressing at 'snail's pace', an MMI spokesm... -
MPs ANGRY AT BEING IN THE DARK OVER EDUCATION SPENDING
The Commons education committee complained yesterday it had no idea how much money will be spent on school over the... -
MYSTERY BUYER FOR CARDIFF AIRPORT APPROACHES COUNTIES
The local authority owners of Cardiff-Wales airport have received an anonymous approach to buy the airport, the Wes... -
NEW BOOKLET ON COUNCIL TAX REDUCTION SCHEME LAUNCHED
A new booklet which explains the council tax transitional reduction scheme has been published today by the DoE. ... -
NEW REPORT ASSESSES RECYCLING SCHEMES
Lord Strathclyde, minister with responsibility for recycling, today announced the publication of a new report which... -
NEW SAFEGUARDS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITY CHIEF OFFICERS INTRODUCED
New safeguards to protect the impartiality of local authority chief officers have been announced by Environment Min... -
NEXT WEEK IN THE SELECT COMMITTEES
The select committees of the Houses of Parliament will discuss the following issues next week: ... -
NORTHANTS CC WINS REDUNDANCY WRANGLE
Northamptonshire CC has won the latest round of a long running high court battle over the level of redundancy payme... -
OPT OUT SCHOOL ACCUSED OF LOW TRICKS WITH BURGER OFFER
An opted out school in Keighley has been accused of winning an extra£4,000 on its budget by using underhand method... -
PARLIAMENT TODAY
An announcement on pay review bodies is expected. It will cover the armed forces, nurses, teachers and professions ... -
PARLIAMENT TODAY
Demands are expected to continue for a statement on government policy over implementing the Maastricht Treaty. ... -
PARLIAMENT TODAY
Transport Secretary John MacGregor is expected to publish documents considered by the high level forum of the Chann... -
PARLIAMENT TODAY
A Citizens Charter initiative and progress report will be launched by minister William Waldegrave. He will hold a p... -
PARLIAMENT TODAY
Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont is expected to say when he will introduce his first unified budget, and w... -
PATTEN SEES NEED TO BOOST TEACHER MORALE
The government is considering 'best teacher awards' in an attempt to win teachers over to its education reforms, th... -
POLICE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM COMPETE FOR PARLIAMENTARY TIME
Government departments are planning so much new legislation that they are having to bid for a slot in the next sess... -
PRIME MINISTER HEARS OF PLAN FOR COMPETING DUSTMEN
Councils could be obliged to offer householders a choice of dustmen, under a scheme being discussed at Prime Minist... -
PUBLIC SECTOR BORROWING REQUIREMENT - JANUARY 1993
Provisional estimates of the public sector borrowing requirement show that: - PSBR in January 1993 was minus£3.8 b... -
REGIONAL THEATRES IN PERIL AS ARTS SPENDING SLASHED
Some of the largest regional theatres risk closure as councils propose cuts of more than 50% in arts spending, the ... -
SCHOOLS CANNOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO OPT BACK IN, MINISTER SAYS
The government has affirmed grant maintained schools will not be given the right to opt back in to council control,... -
SHROPSHIRE GETS MAJOR CASH BOOST FROM BRUSSELS
The Labour Party yesterday included education in a new round of consultation designed to create radical, popular an... -
SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE 'UNDER INSURED' FOR HILLSBOROUGH
South Yorkshire police might have to meet a third of the cost of outstanding compensation payouts to Hillsborough v... -
TIM YEO LAUNCHES BOOKLET ON CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
A booklet setting out the details of an international agreement drawn up by the United Nations to protect children'... -
TIMES CLAIMS EVIDENCE OF COVER UP IN ORKNEY CHILDREN CASE
Members of Orkney Islands Councils are calling for the resignation of social work director Paul Lee and chief execu... -
TONY BALDRY ANNOUNCES THOUSANDTH ESTATE ACTION SCHEME
The main teaching unions reacted angrily to the government announcement last week of a 0.5% pay increase, Saturday'... -
TREASURY COMMITTEE TO CENSURE BANK OF ENGLAND OVER BCCI
A report from a Commons select committee due out this week will criticise the role of the Bank of England in the Ba... -
UNAFFORDABLE PAY RISES WILL MEAN JOB LOSSES, EMPLOYERS WARN
Local government employers have warned against pay rises which could lead to cuts in jobs and services. ... -
WASTE PAPER GOING ROUND IN CIRCLES IN IoW RECYCLING CONFUSION
Waste paper is being shipped in both directions across the Solent because of conflicting recycling schemes on the I... -
WELSH DISTRICTS ARGUE FOR MORE COUNCILLORS AFTER REORGANISATION
Welsh districts yesterday presented the government with their case for councils based on local communities. ... -
WHITEHALL UPDATE
Government departments have issued releases on the following subjects so far today: ... -
WHITEHALL UPDATE
Government departments have issued press releases on the following topics as at 1.00pm today: ... -
WHITEHALL UPDATE
Government departments have issued press releases on the following topics as at 1.00pm today: ... -
WHITEHALL UPDATE
Government departments have issued press releases on the following topics as at 1.00pm today: ... -
WOMEN BETTER REPRESENTED ON COUNCILS THAN IN PARLIAMENT
More than a quarter of local authority members in London are women according to a survey by the Association of Lond...
