Local Government Chronicle
21 January 1993
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BANK APPEALS TO BCCI DEPOSITORS TO FILE CLAIMS
The Bank of England has appealed to BCCI depositors to file their claims for compensation under the deposit protect... -
BENEFITS TAKE UP DROPS DESPITE REFORMS
The take up of means tested benefits has dropped since the 1988 ... -
BRITAIN - EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW
Britain 1993: An official handbook, written by the Central Office of Information, is published today. ... -
BUDGET DAY ANNOUNCED
Budget day will fall on 16 March this year, it was announced in the Commons today. ... -
CALL FOR SOCIAL WORKERS TO BE LICENSED
Social workers should need a licence to work, an influential committee will tell the government next week. ... -
CLARKE'S POLICE REFORMS MEET STRONG CABINET OPPOSITION
Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke's plans to reorganise the police could be scaled down after encountering strong oppos... -
Colchester BC won the second LGC Annual Reports Award this week, with
all three judges singling it out for being both appropriate and well targeted. ... -
COMMUNITY CARE ENDANGERED BY SPENDING CUTS, SURVEY SHOWS
More than 80% of directors of Social Services in England expect their budgets to be reduced this April - at precise... -
CONSULTANT ESTIMATES£18M SAVINGS FOR UNITARY LOTHIAN
A single tier Lothian council would cost about£18 million a year less than the present system of local government ... -
CONTAMINATED LAND REGISTERS
The government's plan for contaminated land registers should be scrapped, the Royal Institution of Chartered Survey... -
COUNCIL FINED FOR OFFENCE BY TEENAGER IN CARE
Leeds City Council has been fined£600 after a 15 year old boy in its care was convicted of burglary, the Guardian ... -
COUNCILS FAIL TO WIN CONTRACTS WITH OPTED OUT SCHOOLS
Grant maintained schools are turning away from local authority to private contractors for ancillary services, the T... -
COUNTY CONSIDERS LEGAL ACTION AFTER NEW FINANCIAL BLOW
Mid Glamorgan CC is taking legal advice on whether it can challenge the government after an extra£1.3 million cuts... -
COVENTRY TO EXPERIMENT WITH ELECTRIC CARS
Coventry City Council hopes to take part in a European experiment to combat traffic pollution with electric cars, t... -
DoE TO REVIEW GRANT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
A thorough review of the standard spending assessment methodology is to start next month, with changes to be introd... -
EDUCATION BILL CLAUSE IS HINDER TO SCHOOL OPT OUTS
A clause in the Education Bill which would prevent councils from supplying professional support services to grant m... -
EMPLOYMENT BILL THREATENS TO WIDEN GENDER PAY GAP
New legislation would provide insufficient protection to public sector workers affected by contracting out and comp... -
ENGLISH TESTS WILL GO AHEAD SAYS BLATCH
The government will press ahead with tests for 14 year olds despite teachers' threat of a boycott, the Independent ... -
EQUALITY FUNDS
Concerns about the management and membership of Oldham Racial Equality ... -
FIRST CAPS PROMPT STRINGENT CUTS IN WALES
More than 500 redundancies have been predicted in Mid Glamorgan CC as Welsh councils start to implement budget cuts... -
FIXED TERM CONTRACT STYMIES HOUSING MANAGERS MOVE
Manchester City Council has begun a new hunt for a director of housing after discovering its first choice for the£... -
GOVERNMENT SLOW ON OPT OUTS GRANT FORMULA
The Department for Education is stalling over a common funding formula for grant maintained schools, according to c... -
GRANTS STACKED AGAINST LABOUR SAYS STRAW
Labour councils have lost heavily from changes in the way central government grants are to be distributed to local ... -
GREAT YARMOUTH DEFIES GOVERNMENT OVER RECYCLING SCHEME
Great Yarmouth BC is staging a lone challenge to the government's recycling policies, the Independent reports (p8).... -
GREATER BRISTOL BID OUTRAGES NORTHAVON
Residents of Northavon DC would 'happily go to prison rather than have anything to do with a greater Bristol', its ... -
HACKNEY OFFICER PAID HIMSELF BENEFITS
Hackney LBC officer Peter Smith paid himself more than£80,000 in housing benefit for his London flat while he live... -
HANSARD ROUND UP FOR 13 JANUARY
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HANSARD ROUND UP FOR 14 JANUARY
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HATTON PLEADS NOT GUILTY
Derek Hatton pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to three charges of conspiracy to defraud Liverpool City Council. ... -
HOUSING TRANSFERS PLAN PUT TREASURY ABOUT INVESTMENT
The DoE's proposals on the large scale voluntary transfer of housing concentrate on helping the Treasury rather tha... -
HOWARD PLEDGES REVIEW OF CENSUS DATA USE IN GRANT
Environment Secretary Michael Howard this week promised a wide ranging review of the use of census data in the annu... -
HUMBERSIDE ENLISTS LOBBY AGAINST BR CUTS
Humberside CC has asked the Association of County Councils to object to cuts in British Rail's InterCity services t... -
IMBERT SUPPORTS LARGER POLICE FORCES
Sir Peter Imbert, the outgoing commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, believes mergers of police forces are inevi... -
KIRKLEES LOSES DISCRIMINATION CASE AT TRIBUNAL
Stephen Webster, a white man with 11 years experience of race equality work, was discriminated against when he appl... -
LABOUR MEMBERS TO RESIST WALES RESHUFFLE
Labour county members are promising to resist any legislation put forward by Welsh Secretary David Hunt to reorgani... -
LOCAL GOVERNMENT FACES GREATER JOB LOSSES THAN THE MINING INDUSTRY
Local government is facing aggregate job losses of 33,000 - 3,000 more than the cuts the mining industry faces. ... -
MORE THAN 32,000 TO LOSE JOBS BEFORE 1994
At least 32,966 council employees will lose their jobs between now and April 1994, research conducted by LGC has fo... -
MOVE TO EXTEND COUNCIL HOUSING RIGHTS TO GAY COUPLES
Gay partners of council tenants would be allowed to inherit the tenancy under an amendment to the housing Bill to b... -
MOVE TO LIMIT MEMBERSHIP OF EC REGIONS BODY
Only council members would be allowed to sit on the European committee of the regions if MPs accept an amendment to... -
MPs CALL FOR CONTINUATION OF URBAN PROGRAMME FUNDING
Nearly 100 MPs have signed an early day motion calling on the government to maintain urban programme funding. ... -
NEW PERMANENT SECRETARY AT DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
Sir Geoffrey Holland KCB today took up his post as the new permanent secretary at the Department for Education. He ... -
NEXT WEEK IN PARLIAMENT
A simplified, selective diary for the week beginning 18 January. ... -
NEXT WEEK IN THE SELECT COMMITTEES
Select committees of the House of Commons will hear evidence on the following subjects next week: ... -
NO FURTHER MISCONDUCT INQUIRY
Montgomeryshire DC has accepted district auditor Janet Jones' advice ... -
NO NEED TO PRIVATISE SCOTTISH WATER SAYS GRAY
If the government wants to solve the problem of investment in Scotland's water and sewerage services it should chan... -
NORWICH REJECTS OMBBUDSMAN'S SECOND REPORT
Norwich City Council this week rejected a further report by ombudsman Frederick Laws which reiterated a finding of ... -
NUPE FEARS FURTHER JOB LOSSES
The LGC/Today Programme survey of job losses underestimates the true size of the cuts according to NUPE general sec... -
OPT OUTS CAN OFFER NURSERIES
A court has ruled that opted out primary schools will be able to provide part time nursery education despite an exp... -
OUSLELY FINDS BAD PRACTICE RIFE IN LAMBETH
Maladministration and unlawful practices have abounded in Lambeth LBC on a scale unprecedented in local government,... -
PARLIAMENT TODAY
The Calcutt Report on newspaper conduct will be published. A statement by National Heritage Secretary Peter Brooke ... -
PARLIAMENT TODAY
Defence Secretary Malcolm Rifkind will make a further announcement on Wednesday's allied operations against Iraq. ... -
PLYMOUTH TASK FORCE LEADER APPOINTED
Environment Secretary Michael Howard today announced that Baroness Cumberlege had agreed to be sponsor minister for... -
POLICE STATUS QUO LOBBY GROW
Chief police officers this week joined metropolitan and county councils in publicly protesting about Home Secretary... -
POVERTY STATISTICS ARE FLAWED SAYS IFS REPORT
Government estimates of the number of households with below average incomes use flawed procedures devised 20 years ... -
PROGRESS OF BILLS THROUGH PARLIAMENT AS AT 7 January
The following bills are currently before the House: ... -
QUEST CONTINUES TO EASE JOB CUTS PROCESS With financial pressures forcing job cu
Enhanced severance schemes were ruled unlawful in the Allsop vs North Tyneside MBC case last year. ... -
REGIONALL GAPS REPORTED IN INFLATION RATES
Wide regional variations in rates of inflation are reported by Midland Global Markets economist Simon Briscoe this ... -
RUTLAND CONTRACTS OUT HOUSING MANAGEMENT AND COMBINED SERVICES
Rutland DC has approved the letting of two contracts: one for housing management, the other for combined services, ... -
SCHOOL FUNDING REMARK RILES BIRMINGHAM
A Birmingham City Council officer could face minor disciplinary action over his reported remarks that the council w... -
SCOTTISH BUSINESSES TO GET£68M RATES SUBSIDY
Business ratepayers in Scotland will receive a£68 million subsidy for 1993-94 as part of the move to bring Scottis... -
SEVERANCE LAWS ARE UNFAIR
Councils should have the same powers as NHS Trusts to determine severance arrangements for staff, the Audit Commiss... -
SHETLAND DECLARES EMERGENCY OVER AS SLICK DISPERSES
Shetland Islands Council has declared the state of emergency over, as the oil disperses and air quality improves, t... -
SHETLAND ISLANDS NOT THREATENDE BY OIL SPILL COSTS
Shetland Islands Council was confident this week it could recoup its spending on the Braer oil disaster from the go... -
SHROPSHIRE ABUSE REPORT OFFERS MODEL PROCEDURES
Shropshire CC today published a report on the investigation by its social services department and the police into c... -
SPUR FOR EARLY BCCI HEARING
Councils are to press the BCCI creditors' committee to secure an early hearing in the Luxembourg courts of a challe... -
STIRLING AND FIFE MAKE THEIR CASES FOR UNITARY STATUS
Stirling DC and Fife RC yesterday laid out their cases for unitary status under Scottish local government reform, t... -
STRIKING FINANCE WORKERS THREATEN COUNCIL TAX IN STRATHCLYDE
Strathclyde RC's striking finance workers said yesterday that their action would prevent the council from introduci... -
SWAPS CASE REKINDLES HOPE
Islington LBC was this week fighting a swaps case in court, raising hopes that some of the legal issues highlighted... -
TAFF-ELY DEPUTY LEADER BANNED FROM DIRECTORSHIP
Taff-Ely BC deputy leader Clayton Jones (Plaid Cymru) has been banned from being a company director for five years ... -
TONY BALDRY ANNOUNCES GO AHEAD TO SURREY HEATH TRANSFER
Surrey Heath BC has been given the go-ahead to transfer its housing stock to the recently established Surrey Heath ... -
TRANSFER OF UNDERTAKINGS CHALLENGE TO HOSPITAL CONTRACT
A challenge to a health service contract could be an important test case for the transfer of undertakings regulatio... -
WHITEHALL UPDATE
Government departments have issued releases on the following subjects so far today: ... -
WHITEHALL UPDATE
Government departments have issued releases on the following subjects so far today: ...
