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11 tonne of rubbish shown to change habits
An 11-tonne mountain of rubbish has been created by Sutton Council to highlight it costs £4m a year to clean up litter. LG news…
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Decentralisation of power from central to local government not so easy – says report
Attempts by Whitehall to decentralise power often ends in failure, a new report from think tank Institute for Government (IfG) has found. According to…
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Study urges action on inactivity pandemic
Councils have been challenged to cut physical inactivity by 1% a year after a new study revealed the extent to which millions of people…
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Children in care should be no more than 20 miles from home
Children should not be placed in care more than 20 miles away from their home, according to a new report. According to LG News:…
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Dragons Den for new delivery models
Delivering Differently bidders who were not awarded funding by the Cabinet Office are being encouraged to present their ideas to a ‘Dragons’ Den’ style…
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Transforming public services
In this new report from IPPR, they suggest: We need to radically reconfigure our public services so they are better able to tackle the…
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New Health forums will not have to work with hosuing
Ministers will not force new local health forums to allow housing a seat at the table, an official has confirmed. Reporting in Inside Housing:…
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Winners of the Council Awards
Norwich City Council has been named ‘council of the year’ in the 2014Improvement and Efficiency Social Enterprise (iESE) awards. LG News reported: The council won…
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Half of homeless applications are turned down
A charity is calling on councils to do more to prevent homelessness, after figures show that more than half of all applications for help are…
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54 councils get Coastal Communities Fund
Ministers have named over 50 Coastal Communities Fund winners, while revealing the £64m pot of funding for the scheme’s next round. According to LG…
