Local Government Chronicle
27 July 1995
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£60M LINCOLN CITY SCHEME BACKED BY COUNCIL
A£60m scheme which aims to revamp Lincoln city centre has been given local authority backing to seek government ap... -
10-YEAR BOND YIELDS, 25 JULY 1995
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'40-PUPIL CLASSES OK' UNION LEADER FORCED TO QUIT
The leader of the Professional Association of Teachers, David Walker, was forced to resign yesterday when his membe... -
ACTION TO MAKE USE OF 4,000 EMPTY GOVERNMENT HOMES
At least 3,842 empty government homes were brought back into use or disposed of during 1994/95, housing minister Da... -
ADC OFFERS TRAINING ON NEW CONTAMINATED LAND POWERS
The Association of District Councils has launched a new training package to assist authorities in implementing new ... -
ALYN & DEESIDE TOWN CENTRE PEDESTRIANISATION SCHEME
Alyn and Deeside DC's redevelopment sub committee has approved a£500,000 scheme to pedestrianise Buckley town cent... -
APPLEBY REPORT ON LAMBETH IDENTIFIES LOSSES
The Appleby report into Lambeth LBC identified losses of£20m in the highways maintenance department and a similar ... -
APPLEBY'S LONG-AWAITED REPORT INTO LAMBETH
Elizabeth Appleby QC's report into Lambeth LBC, which cost£250,000 and took two years to complete, has failed to n... -
ASSOCIATIONS TO STUDY SINGLE-STATUS COSTS
The associations are planning a detailed estimate of the cost of implementing equal pay and conditions for manual a... -
AUDIT COMMISSIONERS' SALARY UP BUT STAFF FROZEN (HANSARD)
Neil Gerrard, Labour MP for Walthamstow asked why Audit Commission staff had been offered no basic pay increase whi... -
AUDITORS GET HIGH PAY RISES TO TEMPT RECRUITS
National auditors were the only public sector employees, apart from MPs, to receive a pay rise of more than 3% this... -
AYLESBURY VALE'S CHIEF GOES TO TOP LONDON BOROUGH JOB
Bernard Quoroll, Aylesbury Vale DC's chief executive for the past ten years, has been appointed chief executive of ... -
BEECHAM: LABOUR REGIONAL PLANS WILL CAUSE 'STORM OF PROTEST'
In a leaked letter, Sir Jeremy Beecham, chairman of the Association of Metropolitan Authorities says that Labour's ... -
BERESFORD PRAISES ACHIEVEMENTS OF COMMISSION FOR THE NEW TOWNS
Environment minister Paul Beresford today praised the Commission for the New Towns for its achievements, including ... -
BIG RISE IN MORTGAGE REPOSSESSIONS AS HOSTELS FILL UP
There has been an unexpected upturn in the number of mortgage repossessions, reported The Sunday Times (p2). ... -
BIRMINGHAM CONSIDERS MOSLEM REQUEST FOR SHROUD BURIALS
Birmingham City Council will discuss a request by Moslems to allow them to be buried in shrouds, rather than in cof... -
BIRMINGHAM HOUSING STAFF STRIKE OVER CCT
Seven hundred Birmingham City Council housing staff are holding a one day strike today in protest over a feared los... -
BIRMINGHAM TO CLOSE LIBRARIES IN BUDGET OVERSPEND
A cash crisis affecting Birmingham City Council is set to close four libraries. The Birmingham Post reports (p3) th... -
BIRTHS IN ENGLAND AND WALES IN 1993
Fertility rates among women aged 35 and over continued to increase in 1993 while rates for every other age group fe... -
BLACKMAN HITS BACK ON LEAKED FILES
Brent LBC leader Bob Blackman has called for the disciplining of any officers involved in the scandal in which his ... -
BLAIR ATTACKED FOR GM CHURCH SCHOOLS POLICY
Labour's education policy is under attack from all sides, writes the Daily Express (p7). ... -
BLAIR TO SEND IN 'HIT SQUADS' TO SORT OUT FAILING COUNCILS
Labour is proposing to send in 'hit squads' to move in to 'inefficient' councils when 'they refuse to smarten up th... -
BLAIR WARNS WALSALL OVER RESTRUCTURING PLANS
Leaders of Walsall MBC have been warned by the Labour party to tone down its radical restructuring plans, reported ... -
BLAIR WILL STAMP ON 'INTOLERABLE SERVICES
A Labour government will cap high spenders and send in commissioners to run services it deems to be failing, the pa... -
BOTTOMLEY REPORT REJECTS LIBRARY CCT
Library services should not be subject to competition in the way other council services have, a report published la... -
BOWLING GREEN OPPOSED ON NOISE GROUNDS
Plans for a bowling green and club house at Kingston Bagpuze go before Vale of White Horse district councillors tod... -
BURROWS IS IN AT LANCASTER
John Burrows has been appointed town clerk and chief executive of Lancaster City Council, to replace Bill Pearson, ... -
BUSINESSES BACK WELSH ASSEMBLY PLANS AS GOOD FOR EUROPE
A survey has shown that a majority of businesses in Wales believe that an elected Welsh assembly could improve the ... -
BUSINESSES SUPPORT TAX FREE DEMOCRACY
A CBI Wales survey shows that 50% of the business community supports Labour's proposals for a Welsh assembly as aga... -
BUY-OUT TEAMS DO THE BUSINESS ON THEIR OWN
Management teams which have undertaken buy-outs from their council are winning work from the private sector and inc... -
CALL FOR IMPROVED SERVICES FOR HOMELESS MENTALLY ILL
The NHS health advisory service has published a report reviewing the commissioning and provision of mental health s... -
CHIEF EXECUTIVE APPOINTED TO NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE
Michael Garnett has been appointed chief executive of the new North Lincolnshire DC. ... -
CHUNNEL LINK FOR DISUSED CHERWELL RAIL LINE
Plans for a super freight link which would run through parts of north Oxfordshire are being discussed today by Cher... -
CIRCUS ANIMALS' POLICY CHANGED AFTER SOMERSET RULING
Performing circus animals could return to Kettering for the first time in six years, reports BBC Northampton. ... -
CITY OF LONDON HOSTS COLOMBIAN DRUG EXPERTS
The Corporation of London is hosting a visit from a specialist team of drug counsellors from Columbia offering advi... -
CLARKE ANNOUNCES MAJOR REFORM OF PUBLIC EXPENDITURE SYSTEM
A 'radical overhaul of the way public spending will be planned and controlled in the future' was announced yesterda... -
CLEVELAND SOCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR APPOINTED TO MIDDLESBROUGH
David Behan, director of social services for Cleveland CC has been appointed social services director for the new M... -
COMMON HOUSING REGISTERS MAKE COMMON SENSE
The wide range of initiatives across the country on common housing registers has been welcomed enthusiastically by ... -
COMMUNITY CARE IGNORES RURAL PROBLEMS, SAYS NCVO
A new report suggests that some people living in English rural areas who rely on community care are not getting the... -
COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION IN THE UK AND EUROPE (HANSARD)
In January 1994, 116,193 pupils attended maintained grammar schools in England, education minister Robin Squire tol... -
CoR BACKS ALG CALL FOR BETTER EURO DEAL FOR URBAN POPULATION
Proposals by the Association of London Government to 'win a fairer deal' from Europe for urban dwellers have won th... -
CoR BACKS ALG'S URBAN POLICY PLANS
The Committee of the Regions has given overwhelming support to proposals on urban policy from the Association of Lo... -
COSLA AGREES TO JOIN FORSYTH IN SURPRISE 'NOLAN' COMMITTEE
The Scottish Office is to set up a task force with wide ranging powers to investigate rules governing the conduct o... -
COSLA ON COLLISION COURSE WITH UNIONS OVER FLEXIBLE PAY CALL
Education convener for the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, Elizabeth Maginnis, yesterday challenged the S... -
COSLA PREPARE TO PUSH OPEN MINISTER'S UNLOCKED DOOR
Council leaders will receive a sympathetic hearing from Scottish secretary Michael Forsyth when they present a stro... -
COSLA WOOED WITH FORSYTH'S PROMISES
Scottish secretary Michael Forsyth put forward a vision of stronger local government with more money and more power... -
COST OF ADMINISTERING VOUCHER SCHEME (HANSARD)
Administrative costs of the proposed voucher scheme for parents of four-year-olds will be determined by the tenderi... -
COUNCIL CARAVAN SURVEY PRODUCES ALARMING RESULTS
A survey by Devon CC into caravan users along the busy A38 revealed an alarming 90% of vehicles had faults, The Tim... -
COUNCIL SUPPORT SERVICES MUST BE RESPONSIVE TO USERS' NEEDS
Frontline services must have more influence over the central support services they receive, says the Audit Commissi... -
COUNCILLOR WIFE 'TOO LIBERAL WITH AFFECTIONS'
The failure of the marriage of a Vale of White Horse DC committee chair is given prominence in all the tabloid news... -
COUNCILS DRAFT IN HELP AS HEATWAVE BRINGS DOWN PLAGUES
Vale Royal BC has drafted in a private contractor to help its three pest control staff deal with a massive invasion... -
COURT FREES CROYDON PIGEON FEEDER
Jean Knowlson, the 68-year-old Croydon pensioner who was jailed for 28 days by a high court judge on Monday for her... -
COURT TOLD WEST GLAMORGAN AND REDWOOD 'FRUSTRATED' OPT-OUT
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CROSS-BORDER LEGAL CCT BIDDING MOVE BY CASTLE MORPETH
Castle Morpeth BC will bid for legal services work in other local authorities under compulsory competitive tenderin... -
DAVID CURRY KICKED OUT OF CONSTITUENCY OFFICE BY COUNCIL
The new Liberal Democrat mayor of Ripon Council is kicking local government minister David Curry out of the room wh... -
DIRECTOR ACKNOWLEDGES MENTAL HEALTH GIVEN LOW PRIORITY
The director of Oxfordshire CC social services, Ian White, responding to the inquiry by Nicola Davies QC, into how ... -
DISTRICT AUDITOR: NO EVIDENCE OF BIRMINGHAM GRANTS WRONGDOING
A district auditor's inquiry has found no evidence to support claims of wrongdoing on the part of Birmingham City C... -
DoE FAILS TO PAY 8% OF BILLS ON TIME
The department of the environment pays 92% of its bills on time, reports The Daily Telegraph (p27). ... -
DoE INTERVENED IN HULL CHIEFS' POSTS ROW
Junior local government minister Sir Paul Beresford has told Hull City Council leader Pat Doyle he is breaching emp... -
DOE SHOULD FORCE COUNCILS TO USE THAMES FOR WASTE REMOVAL
Unless and until the government shows it is willing to address the strategic issue of waste disposal in London, loc... -
EDINBURGH CAN'T AFFORD REPAIR BILL FOR SCOTT MONUMENT
Responsibility for the Scott Monument could be taken over by the government in order that£2m worth of stonework re... -
EDUCATION IN THE EU: HOW MALES & FEMALES COMPARE
A statistical report from Eurostat - the EC statistical office in Luxembourg - looks at education across the EU, in... -
EPA 1990 WASTE MANAGEMENT LICENSING - TREATMENT PLANTS
The government has extended transitional arrangements designed to ease the transition to a new waste management lic... -
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EU INVESTIGATION COULD DELAY NEWBURY BYPASS
A European Commission investigation into the Newbury bypass had been reactivated after the government decided to go... -
EXCHANGE RATES, 18 July 1995
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EXPENSIVE EXPENSES
A district councillor is making a claim for allowances going back 22 years, thought to be the longest ever. ... -
FEARS FOR WELSH LANGUAGE IN UNITARY REORGANISATION
The future of Welsh language education could be put in jeopardy by the new unitary authorities, says The Western Ma... -
FINANCIAL DIARY FOR THE WEEK
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FIRST EDUCATION ASSOCIATION CREATED TO RUN HACKNEY SCHOOL
The creation of the North East London Education Association to run Hackney Downs School was announced today by educ... -
FIRST TEC MERGER GOES AHEAD
North East Wales Training and Enterprise Council and its North West Wales counterpart voted to merge yesterday, in ... -
FISHERMAN CHALLENGES COUNCIL LICENSE TO DUMP CONTAMINATED SOIL
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FORMER CORNWALL CHIEF EDUCATION OFFICER GIVEN NEW TASK
Further education minister James Paice today announced the appointment of David Fryer - former chief education offi... -
FORSYTH ANNOUNCES U-TURN ON PARENTAL CHOICE
Arch proponent of parental choice, Scottish secretary Michael Forsyth, yesterday admitted that legislation on schoo... -
FORSYTH DANGLES CARROT OF NEW POWERS TO SCOTTISH COUNCILS
Local authorities could be given some of the power and responsibilities of the Scottish Office - on condition that ... -
FRONT-LINE SERVICES LAG BEHIND
Only a quarter of councils have corporate and financial frameworks of the standard required by privatised front- l... -
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GLASGOW ANNOUNCES LATEST TOP APPOINTMENTS
Glasgow DC town clerk Tom Monaghan has been appointed senior depute chief executive of the new City of Glasgow Coun... -
GORDON BROWN LAYS DOWN SPENDING LAW
Shadow chancellor Gordon Brown has laid down three tests that all Labour policies will have to pass before appearin... -
GOVERNMENT COMMENTS ON OUTCOME OF THE REVIEW OF ISOPROTURON
Ministers have agreed that approvals for the widely used herbicide isoproturon (IPU) should be maintained subject t... -
GOVERNMENT INVITES TOWNS TO COMPETE FOR£5M ROAD SAFETY MONEY
Towns across England were challenged today to join in a£5m drive to find the best and most comprehensive road safe... -
GOVERNMENT MOVE TO MODERN ACCOUNTING MEETS CRITICISM
Responding to yesterday's announcement by the chancellor Kenneth Clarke The Financial Times (p1) says the governmen... -
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GUMMER APPROVES CONTROVERSIAL GREENFIELD CAR STORAGE SITE
Environment secretary John Gummer has given permission for car giant Vauxhall to build a car storage depot at its t... -
GUMMER REVEALS HIS THOUGHTS ON TOWN AND CITY DESIGN
'We must put quality back into the heart of our towns and cities if we are to revitalise them, re-establish civic p... -
GUMMER URGES 'URBAN VILLAGE' PLANNING
Environment secretary John Gummer's efforts to revitalise town centres with new planning guidelines aimed at promot... -
GWYNEDD CARE IN COMMUNITY BUDGET£2.5M OVERSPENT
Gwynedd CC treasurer Tim Heald has criticised a£2.5m overspend in the authority's£11m care in the community budge... -
GWYNEDD HOST MEETING ON REORGANISATION AND POVERTY
The National Local Government Forum Against Poverty is holding a meeting for officers and councillors from authorit... -
GWYNEDD STAFF SICKNESS RATES FALL FOR THIRD YEAR RUNNING
Sick leave absences among staff at Gwynedd CC have fallen for the third year in a row, reports the Western Mail (p2... -
HACKNEY ACCUSED OF 'EXTREME POLITICAL CORRECTNESS'
John Webster, a former Hackney LBC environmental health officer, has come forward to describe a culture of extreme ... -
HACKNEY DEFENDS ITS EDUCATION RECORD
Hackney LBC is 'absolutely committed' to keeping open a troublesome school under its jurisdiction according to coun... -
HACKNEY SCHOOL BID
Hackney LBC has told education secretary Gillian Shephard (above) it wants to keep running Hackney Downs comprehens... -
HACKNEY TIGHTENS RECRUITMENT RULES AFTER SACKINGS
Hackney LBC is examining the personnel files of senior employees and personnel officers following revelations that ... -
HACKNEY TO RELUCTANTLY CO-OPERATE WITH 'UNELECTED QUANGO'
All today's national newspapers cover the secretary of state for education's decision to send in the country's firs... -
HARINGEY WINS AMA AWARD FOR HELPING BUSES KNEEL
A bus good practice award is to be awarded to Haringey LBC and its partners at London Transport and Leaside Buses f... -
HESLETINE FIGHTS TO SUSPEND CAPPING
A powerful 'new alliance' of deputy prime minister Michael Heseltine and environment secretary John Gummer is seeki... -
HIGH COURT RULES AGAINST SUSSEX POLICE CHIEF
Sussex chief constable Paul Whitehouse's decision to restrict the number of days on which police protection is give... -
HIGH COURT RULING EXPECTED ON HOMELESS IMMIGRANTS CASE
The high court may today consider a judicial review of Westminster City Council's refusal to house two men who clai... -
HOUSING FAILS FAMILIES
The private sector is not geared up to house homeless families, according to a study by the London Research Centre.... -
HOUSING NEEDS£2BN EXTRA FUNDS
Councils should be given at least an extra£2 billion to spend on housing over the next two years, the government w... -
HOUSING PROFESSION CALL FOR MORE REALISM AS REPOSSESSIONS RISE
The Chartered Institute of Housing today appealed to the government to abandon restrictions on income for strugglin... -
HUMBERSIDE TEC LIVES ON DESPITE ABOLITION OF COUNTY
Humberside Training and Enterprise Council will continue despite the abolition next April of Humberside CC, reports... -
INCOME SUPPORT: RESIDENTIAL CARE AND NURSING HOMES REPORT
The August 1994 Residential Care and Nursing Homes (RCNH) report on Income Support (IS) claimants in residential ca... -
INFLUENTIAL MPs SAY CUT RSG TO PAY FOR UNCOLLECTED TAX
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INTEREST RATES, 25 JULY 1995
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INVESTMENT FILLIP FOR PUBLIC HOUSING
A change in the rules governing central government borrowing by the Treasury has been welcomed by housing professio... -
ISLINGTON SCHEME ENCOURAGES WITNESSES TO RACIST ATTACKS
Launching a 'shop a racist' campaign today, Islington LBC has vowed to use all legal means to crack down on racist ... -
ISLINGTON SURVEY 'BACKS' MET POLICE CHIEF ON CRIME
A survey into street crime commissioned by Islington LBC 'endorses' metropolitan police chief Paul Condon's view th... -
JUDGMENT RESERVED IN CONTAMINATED SOIL DUMPING TEST-CASE
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JUDGMENT RESERVED IN NEW AGE TRAVELLERS TEST CASE
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KNOCK ON EFFECT FOR COUNCILS AS MORTGAGE REPOSSESSIONS RISE
Local authorities are having to deal with more cases of homelessness as mortgage repossessions rise for the first t... -
KYNOCH ANNOUNCES REVIEW OF CONDUCT
Scottish local government minister George Kynoch has announced a wide-ranging review of safeguards on conduct in lo... -
LABOUR ACCUSED OF PACKING NORTHAMPTON SRB QUANGO
Northampton Liberal Democrats are accusing the Labour party of filling a new quango only with Labour councillors, r... -
LABOUR APPOINTS BEECHAM TO REGIONAL POLICY COMMISSION
Sir Jeremy Beecham, chair of the Association of Metropolitan Authorities, is to be a member of the Labour party's n... -
LABOUR EXEC TO BLOCK ENDORSEMENT OF LEEDS CANDIDATE
The endorsement of Labour's parliamentary candidate for Leeds North East is to be postponed because of allegations ... -
LABOUR LEADER LAUDS NORTHERN COUNCILS
Labour leader Tony Blair held up practical-minded councils in northern England as models for economic regeneration ... -
LABOUR MUST ANSWER ON DEVOLUTION PROPOSALS
A series of resolutions calling on an incoming Labour government to restore powers to local government will be put ... -
LABOUR PICKS LONDON COUNCILLOR FOR NEW WREKIN SEAT
Westminster City Council deputy Labour leader Peter Bradley has been selected as prospective parliamentary candidat... -
LABOUR TELLS WALSALL TO DEALY SHAKE-UP
The Labour Party is pressuring its Walsall MBC members to delay decentralisation, after their decision to scrap nin... -
LABOUR TO CREATE REGIONAL POLICY COMMISSION
A relaxation of controls on local authorities' ability to borrow from the private sector for capital projects will ... -
LABOUR: DISTRICT AUDIT SYSTEM FAILED LAMBETH LBC
The district audit system failed Lambeth LBC, said shadow environment secretary Frank Dobson, reacting to the Apple... -
LABOUR'S REGION PLANS GET SHORT SHRIFT FROM THE NORTH
Initial reactions to Labour's plans for regional government indicate that northern politicians do not believe they ... -
LAMBETH APPLEBY INQUIRY EXPECTED TODAY
The independent report by Elizabeth Appleby QC into alleged corruption at Lambeth LBC and unlawful letting of contr... -
LAMBETH 'PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS' LEAD TO SACKINGS
Lambeth LBC chief executive Heather Rabbatts has sacked 30 town hall finance officials who have failed competency t... -
LANCS CC MAKES OFFER TO 'TOO CLEVER' CHILD
Lancashire CC has pledged to find a place for an exceptionally bright eight-year-old at a school for gifted childre... -
LANDOWNERS FEAR WELSH EXCLUSION FROM RURAL WHITE PAPER
Country Landowners Association president Hugh Duberly fears that Wales has been left out of the 'most important cou... -
LAST COUNTY LIFTS FOX HUNTING BAN
Gloucestershire CC is to lift a ban on fox hunting after councillors decided not to fight a high court challenge by... -
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LAW IS SLEEPING GREEN GIANT IN ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGNS
There is a growing perception that the law may work where direct protest might not, and increasing litigiousness by... -
LEWISHAM LBC PUTS ELECTRIC CAR ON TRIAL
Lewisham LBC is testing an electric car called ELMO with a view to using it for council driving jobs like meals on ... -
LEWISHAM LBC's DLO HEAD GOES PRIVATE
The head of Lewisham LBC's direct labour organisation DIRECTeam is to leave his job next month to found a new compa... -
LGMB AND CBI DIFFER ON SICK DAYS
Figures for sickness absence released by the Local Government Management Board this week contradict those produced ... -
LIB DEMS' GREEN IMAGE IS BORNE OUT BY SURVEY RESULTS
Liberal Democrat-controlled councils are the most committed to green issues, according to a Local Government Manage... -
LIB DEMS: LAMBETH LABOUR LEADER MUST GO
Lambeth LBC Liberal Democrat leader Mike Tuffrey has called for cross-party support to implement all the Appleby re... -
LINCOLNSHIRE'S QC JUSTIFIES REMOVAL OF 'INTOLERABLE' TRAVELLERS
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LONDON AND CAMBRIDGE CONGESTION CHARGING STUDIES PUBLISHED
The principal findings report of the three year study into the possible implications of introducing congestion char... -
LONDON BECOMING NO-GO AREA FOR VISITING DISABLED DRIVERS
The orange badge scheme for disabled drivers has been replaced b some London boroughs with council badges giving pa... -
LONDON COUNCILS RISK LOSSES ON LLOYDS CLAIM
'London council tax payers could end up bailing out rich names who lost money gambling on the crisis hit Lloyd's in... -
LONGSTANDING LEEDS COUNCILLOR DIES SUDDENLY
Leeds City Council social services committee chair Michael Simmons has died of cancer, aged 51. ... -
LONGSTANDING LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICER RETIRES
Northampton BC environment services director David Watt is to retire at the end of September. Mr Watt has been with... -
MAN DEAD ON BASINGSTOKE ROUNDABOUT FOR 11 DAYS
A man suffering from senile dementia lay dead on a Basingstoke town centre roundabout for 11 days until his body wa... -
MANAGEMENT OF ROAD MAINTENANCE OPENED UP TO PRIVATE COMPETITION
The management of all new road maintenance contracts will be open to private sector competition in future, roads mi... -
MENCAP CITES BIRMINGHAM IN DEFENCE OF NHS ALLEGATIONS
Mencap, the charity for people with learning difficulties, has refuted criticism from North Birmingham Health Autho... -
MIDLAND COUNCILS EVALUATE PLAN TO UNITE AIRPORTS
A plan by coach company National Express to take control of Birmingham International airport and merge its operatio... -
MONITORING OF LIGHT AND NOISE LEVELS AT NEW LEISURE CENTRE
A new forum has been set up to monitor the newly opened Meridan Leisure Centre in Leicestershire, reports BBC Leice... -
MONKLANDS DEFENDS JOB QUESTION ASKING FOR RELIGION
Monklands DC yesterday defended its policy of asking job applicants to state their religion, reports The Scotsman (... -
MORE CASH FOR SAFER AND LESS CONGESTED ROADS
Ten small schemes, worth a total of£1.5m, aimed at improving safety and reducing delays and congestion on the trun... -
MORE HOUSING FOR THE CITY OF LONDON
The conversion of an office building in the City of London into luxury flats could be the first of many, writes the... -
MPs RAP DoT FOR IGNORING OMBUDSMAN'S COMPENSATION FINDING
The government has been strongly criticised by an all-party committee of MPs for refusing to pay compensation to ho... -
NATIONAL PLAYCARE SHORTAGE: KIDS LOOK AFTER THEMSELVES
The Kids' Club Network charity has found that only one in a hundred primary school children will get a place in a h... -
NEW APPROACH TO HOMELESSNESS BY WESTMINSTER LBC
Westminster City Council has helped fund a£10m refurbishment of accommodation for people with long-term mental hea... -
NEW CHAIR FOR AMA ENVIRONMENT AND CONSUMER COMMITTEE
The new chair of the Association of Metropolitan Authorities environmental health and consumer affairs committee is... -
NEW CHAIR FOR AMA'S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE
John Ryan, a Labour councillor from Barnsley MBC, has been elected the new chair of the Association of Metropolitan... -
NEW LONDON AUTHORITY WILL LEARN FROM PAST MISTAKES SAYS STRAW
Although there is now a 'remarkably broad consensus' to see a strategic authority established for Greater London, '... -
NEW MARKETING AND PR MANAGER FOR CIH
The Chartered Institute of Housing has appointed a new marketing and public relations manager, charged with the res... -
NEW REPORT MEASURES LONDON'S PROGRESS
The official digest of all London's statistics - brought together for the first time in a single source - was publi... -
NEW RESEARCH INTO LONDON TRAFFIC CONGESTION CHARGING
New research into charging tolls in central London has been published in the quarterly magazine Planning in London.... -
NEW RESPONSIBILITIES FOR COUNCILS IN WAKE OF HOSTEL KILLING
Response to the publication of the report of the inquiry into the death of Jonathan Newby, a volunteer worker at an... -
NEW STAFF COMMISSION GUIDELINES BAN COUNCILLOR REFEREES
The Scottish staff commission yesterday published new and detailed guidance on recruitment designed to put an end t... -
NEW UA EDUCATION DIRECTOR KEEPS CLEVELAND NURSERY PLEDGE
Middlesbrough UA has appointed Malcolm Shorney, currently deputy education officer for Cleveland CC, as its directo... -
NEWPORT BC ISSUES ADVICE AFTER INCREASE IN SNAKE SIGHTINGS
An increase in the number of reported snake sightings have been made to Newport BC, reports the Western Mail (p3).... -
NEWPORT UA APPOINTS NEW DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION
Graham Bingham, assistant chief education officer at Berkshire CC, has been appointed director of education at Newp... -
NORTH TYNESIDE BLOCKS STREET WITHOUT PERMISSION
North Tyneside MBC is seeking retrospective approval from the department of transport for traffic calming work it h... -
'OBSCURE' LEGISLATION GIVES REFERENDUM RIGHT
The Independent reports (p4) on yesterday's referendum into whether East Grinstead town council should build a comm... -
OFFICERS UPGRADED JUST BEFORE RETIRING IN£6M PENSION SCANDAL
Coopers and Lybrand, acting as auditors for Redbridge LBC, say a series of pension payments are unlawful and could ... -
OMBUDSMAN BEGINS INQUIRY INTO ISLE OF WIGHT MASONS
The alleged misuse of masonic power on the former Medina BC is being investigated by the local government ombudsman... -
OPINION DIVIDED ON UA BUDGETS
Opinion is still divided in England about the impact on council tax of reorganising budgets . ... -
ORACLE WINS IoW CONTRACT
Computer company Oracle has won one of the first battles to supply council tax systems to reorganising authorities.... -
OXFORD TO CONSIDER EQUALITY STANDARDS IN PLANNING DECISIONS
An Oxfordshire county councillor is claiming that planning applications put forward by Asian people are sometimes t... -
PARISH GOES TO COURT OVER STREET NAME
A row over the naming of a new street in a Buckinghamshire village is going to be decided in court, reports BBC Thr... -
PART-TIMER TO FIGHT BORDERS
A part-time worker who lost her job when a school cleaning contract was privatised is to bring a compensation claim... -
PEGGIE - APPOINTMENT INJUSTICE COMPLAINTS PUT CAREERS AT RISK
Commissioners of the local government staff commission in Scotland are already preparing to report on investigation... -
PENSION FUND CONSULTANTS REJECT LEFT-WING BIAS ACCUSATION
There are growing signs that enemies of PIRC - the Pensions and Investments Research Consultancy - are mounting a c... -
PENSIONER CRIMINALISED BECAUSE OF 'ARCHITECTURAL NONSENSE'
A pensioner finds himself for the first time in his life in breach of the criminal law for what a conservation expe... -
PENSIONER STILL IN JAIL AS PIGEONS FLY FREE
Thousands of pigeons have taken flight from Croydon since 68-year-old Jean Knowlson was jailed for defying a court ... -
PERFORMANCE RELATED PAY PROVED NOT TO WORK, SAY POLICE
A six month pilot scheme in Derbyshire constabulary had proved that performance related pay could not work in polic... -
PIGEON FEEDER IMPRISONED AFTER EHOs REPORT INFESTATION RISK
court ref no: 95/MTC/1349 ... -
PIGEON-FEEDING PENSIONER JAILED FOR DEFIANCE OF COURT
A 68-year-old woman was jailed yesterday for 28 days for defying a high court order - gained by Croydon LBC - stopp... -
PLAN TO BRING COMPREHENSIVE UNDER WHITEHALL CONTROL OPPOSED
The fate of Hackney Downs comprehensive school hangs in the balance, after the controlling Labour group on Hackney ... -
PLANNING OFFICER CLEARED AS STORY DEVELOPED
A man is threatening to sue Birmingham City Council after claiming that a planning officer peered over his fence in... -
POLLUTION LAW BRINGS COST FEAR
Councils fear they will not have the resources to meet their new role as guardians of the environment. ... -
PRESSURE MOUNTS ON SUNDERLAND SOCIAL SERVICES CHIEF
Sunderland MBC social services director John Marsden faces a second vote of no confidence this year, reports The Jo... -
PRIVATE COMPANY SET TO INVEST IN COUNCIL HOMES
A new company run mainly by former local government managers is the first to declare an interest in investing in pu... -
PROSECUTION RISK AS IMMIGRATION CURBS LEAD TO DISCRIMINATION
New Home Office inspired measures to force public sector officials to take part in curbs on suspected illegal immig... -
PUBLIC SECTOR PAY LAGS BEHIND
A new report shows private sector pay deals are inching ahead of those in the public sector, writes the Financial T... -
PUBLIC WORKS LOAN BOARD RATE OF INTEREST TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES
Lending rates on and after 25 July for quota loans. ... -
RABBATTS BLAMES 'MANAGERIAL WEAKNESSES' FOR LAMBETH CRISIS
The independent report on corruption allegations at Lambeth LBC, to be published this morning, will demand root and... -
RAMSAR MONITORING REPORT ON DEE ESTUARY PUBLISHED
A monitoring report on the Dee Estuary, on the England/Wales border, has been published. The report follows a visit... -
RECYCLING TARGETS HARD TO JUSTIFY
Mandatory quotas for recycling will lead to commercial chaos, the Financial Times leader writer argues (p13). ... -
REGIONAL CHANGE IN RATEABLE VALUE 1990 - 1995 (HANSARD)
The average changes in rateable value between the 1990 and 1995 rating lists for each region in England was given i... -
REORGANISATION OF COUNCILS IN LABOUR'S REGIONAL GOVT PLANS
The introduction of Labour's regional government plans has to be done step by step and with consent, the party's le... -
REPORT CALLS FOR RADICAL REFORM OF COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY
A paper setting out the case for radical reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was published today by agri... -
RESEARCH PROMISES HIGHER STANDARDS IN PRIMARY MATHEMATICS
A unique£80,000 research project to improve the numeracy of primary school pupils was launched yesterday by the go... -
RESIDUARY BODY FOR WALES APPOINTS MICHAEL BRUTON AS CHIEF EXEC
Michael Bruton has been appointed chief executive designate of the Residuary Body for Wales. ... -
REVIEW OF LAST WEEK'S DATA
Unemployment in the UK continued to fall in June, although at a slower rate than in recent months. There are now 2.... -
RSG FOR PUPILS IN INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS (HANSARD)
The government is consulting the local authority associations about excluding pupils in independent schools from th... -
RURAL COMMUNITY CARE - STILL JUST A SIDESHOW
More than 11 million people live in rural communities but their community care needs are still being overlooked, re... -
SCARBOROUGH BC DEMANDS ACTION TO SAVE BEACHES
Scarborough BC's environmental health director, Roy Ayrton, says in a report that some of the Yorkshire coast's be... -
SELBY PLANS 40 REDUNDANCIES IN TRANSFER TO YORK
Selby DC has agreed a staffing structure to compensate for the loss of 13 parishes to the new York UA involving 40 ... -
SERVICES FOR MENTALLY ILL HOMELESS PEOPLE 'LAMENTABLE'
Services for homeless mentally ill people are 'poor to lamentable' according to the Health Advisory Service. ... -
SIGN-OR-SACK PAY WRANGLE AT HEREFORD
Hereford and Worcester CC has sent letters to all staff telling them if they do not accept a cut in weekend overtim... -
SIX MONTHLY AIDS AND HIV FIGURES
The public health laboratory service this week published AIDS and HIV figures for the United Kingdom in the Communi... -
SMOKING BAN COSTS COUNCIL DEAR
A smoking ban at Peterborough City Council has cost the authority£7,500 in lost lettings, writes the Times (p5).... -
SOUTH GWYNEDD GOVERNMENT AID BUDGET REDUCED
Local authority members of the South Gwynedd Partnership have described as a 'pittance' the Welsh Office's strategi... -
SOUTHWARK PROVIDES LONDON'S ANSWER TO THE LEFT BANK
Southwark LBC leader Jeremy Fraser outlines the authority's plans for the rejuevenation of the Bankside area in a s... -
SPECIALISED INVESTMENT NEEDED ON HOUSING ESTATES
Conditions on Britain's worst housing estates continue to deteriorate despite massive cash injections in the 1980s,... -
SPORTS CENTRE SCHEME FOR GREENHAM COMMON AIR BASE
Newbury DC will decide the future of the former US air base at Greenham Common in the autumn and will consider a pr... -
STAFF ATTACKED FOR WEARING 'BEACH' CLOTHES DURING HEATWAVE
Islington LBC staff are coming to work in the hot weather in clothes 'one would normally associate with the beach o... -
STAFF RIGHTS PROTECTED BY EURO LAW
Staff who transfer from existing local authorities to unitaries will have their conditions protected by European la... -
STATEMENT FROM CHAIR OF METROPOLITAN POLICE COMMITTEE
'The commissioner gave the metropolitan police committee a full briefing at its meeting on 19 July about the operat... -
STATUTORY CODE OF PRACTICE FOR PARKING WARDENS CALL
Local authorities due to take control over parking from the police have been warned against 'unreasonable behaviour... -
SUFFOLK CC FEARS LANDFILL TAX COULD COST£2.IM PA
Suffolk CC fears the landfill tax could cost it£2.1m a year from October 1996, reported the East Anglian Daily Tim... -
SUFFOLK DISMISSES MOTORISTS' ROADWORKS DAMAGE CLAIMS
Suffolk CC has received 40 complaints from motorists whose tyres were damaged in roadworks on the A137 at Brantham,... -
SUFFOLK INVESTIGATES EU GRANTS 'BROKERS'
Suffolk CC trading standards are investigating 'brokers' charging£350 fees for information on European grants, the... -
SURREY DROPS HARASSMENT CHARGES AGAINST MORTGAGE LENDER
Surrey CC has dropped criminal charges of harassment against a mortgage lender company, The Guardian reports (p16).... -
SWANSEA APPOINTS TREASURER
West Glamorgan CC's deputy finance director, Bob Carter, has been appointed treasurer of Swansea UA, reports The We... -
SWANSEA TURNS DOWN SEMI-DETACHED BEQUEST
Swansea City Council says it cannot accept a house bequeathed to the authority on condition it is turned into a par... -
TEACHERS CLOTHE POOR PUPILS
The Secondary Heads Association was shocked by a dossier compiled by the headmaster of a deprived inner city second... -
TEN PENCE TOILET CHARGE EVEN FOR AN OFFICIAL VISIT
Rhymney Valley DC has introduced ticket only toilets to solve the problem of dirt and vandalism, reports The Wester... -
THE OUTLOOK FOR INTEREST RATES
The chancellor and the Bank of England governor meet this Thursday to discuss UK monetary policy. Although prelimin... -
THE WEEK AHEAD
In the UK, Tuesday's release of the CBI's quarterly industrial trends survey provides the only news on the economy ... -
THOUGHTS ON THE GILT MARKET
Stronger than expected UK GDP figures, plus a slide in the global bond market reflecting fears that US monetary eas... -
TOURIST BOARD'S COMPUTER REDIRECTS VISITORS ELSEWHERE
A computer is to be reprogrammed at the Edinburgh Tourist Board because it directs lovers of fine architecture to G... -
TOWER HAMLETS CHIEF LAID OFF AFTER 15 MONTHS
A chief executive of a Tower Hamlets LBC neighbourhood office which the new Labour regime abolished has been given ... -
TRADING STANDARDS EMPLOYEES DEAL IN FAKE TAPES
Senior staff at Tower Hamlets LBC are worried about the increase in trading of counterfeit goods within council dep... -
TRAVELLERS TREATED 'INHUMANELY' COURT TOLD IN TEST OF 1994 ACT
COURT NO: CO/1972/95 (Lincolnshire case) ... -
TREASURER TAKES CONTROL TO HEAD OF COMMUNITY CARE DEFICIT
Gwynedd CC's social services committee has transferred responsibility for its budget to the finance director as par... -
TREASURY RESPONSIBILITIES: SPENDING ROLE FOR HEATHCOAT-AMORY
The treasury has announced that the paymaster general, David Heathcoat-Amory will assist the chief secretary, Willi... -
TWENTY NEW SPECIALIST SCHOOLS ANNOUNCED
Twenty new specialist schools - bringing to 107 the current number of technology and language colleges - were annou... -
UK EQUITY MARKET INSIGHTS
The UK equity market suffered some fairly volatile trading last week. The FT-SE fell sharply on Tuesday and Wednesd... -
UNISON LEGAL WARNING OVER REORGANISATION JOBS TRANSFERS
Unison has warned that court action will be taken against unitary council which refuse to accept the transfer of al... -
UNISON RELEASES LEGAL OPINION ON STAFF TRANSFERS
Unison has released a legal opinion to all local authorities in Scotland which states that all staff have a right o... -
UNISON RESPONSE TO APPLEBY REPORT
The Appleby report represents a lost opportunity to address the deep-rooted problems in Lambeth, says Unison. ... -
UNISON WARNS AUDIT COMMISSION REPORT 'PREPARES FOR CCT'
The thrust of the Audit Commission's report, `Opening the Doors', is to lay the foundation for white collar CCT, wh... -
UNITARY WALES FACES HUGE COUNCIL TAX HIKE
The council tax system could be stretched to breaking point as a result of local government reorganisation, officia... -
UNLAWFUL EVICTION IS NOT A HOUSING EMERGENCY: APPEAL COURT
A tenant unlawfully evicted by his landlord was not a person who was homeless as a result of an emergency so as to ... -
VALUATION TRIBUNALS FOLLOWING REORGANISATION (HANSARD)
The secretary of state for Wales has decided that from 1 April 1996, there should be four valuation tribunals cover... -
'VISIONARY' CLARK IS NEW CHIEF AT YORK
David Clark, chief executive of the Commission for Local Democracy, has been appointed chief executive of York City... -
WALDEGRAVE DEMANDS SAVAGE CUTS BELOW TREASURY PLANS
The new chief secretary to the treasury, William Waldegrave, has 'stunned his Cabinet colleagues with his demands f... -
WALES AND COUNTIES TO JOIN LGA
Labour council leaders in Wales have agreed to join the English-based Local Government Association rather than form... -
WALSALL SEEKS VOLUNTEERS FOR EARLY RETIREMENT
White collar workers aged over 50 have been invited to take early retirement as Walsall MBC presses ahead with a ma... -
WANSDYKE APPOINTS NEW DISTRICT GENERAL MANAGER
Steve Harding has been appointed district general manager of Wansdyke DC, also carrying out the statutory positions... -
WATER MERGER COULD BE AGAINST PUBLIC INTEREST - LANG RESPONDS
The Monopolies and Mergers Commission report on the proposed acquisition of Northumbrian Water Group plc by Lyonnai... -
WELSH POLL TAX ARREARS (HANSARD)
The amount of uncollected poll tax as at 31 March 1995 was£32.5m, Welsh Office minster Gwilym Jones told the Commo... -
WELSH SEEK£2.6 BILLION
Welsh councils say they need to spend£2.6 billion in 1996- 97 - a£291 million (12.8%) increase on this year's bud... -
WELSH STAFF TRANSFER ORDER DUE IN NOVEMBER (HANSARD)
Labour MP Barry Jones asked for a statement concerning local government reorganisation and job security of council ... -
WEST MIDLANDS COUNCILS TO SELL THEIR AIRPORT
Seven West Midland councils stand to make£40m from the sale of shares in Birmingham International Airport if a bid... -
WESTMINSTER GIVES TEACHER LEAVE TO HELP RUN SCHOOLS FA
Westminster City Council has backed down over its refusal to offer unpaid leave to allow John Morton to serve for 4... -
WESTMINSTER ORDERS£78M LOTTERY WINNER TO CLEAN KITCHENS
Lottery winner The Royal Opera House has been ordered to keep its kitchens clean, after Westminster City Council he... -
WORST POLLUTION OFFENDERS' EMISSIONS HALVED
Transport secretary George Young announced today that the number of cars, light goods vehicles and taxis showing 'u... -
YOUNG: NO CHUNNEL COMPENSATION IS POLICY NOT MALADMINISTRATION
Transport secretary George Young, commenting on the PCA select committee report on Channel tunnel blight, said: ...
