Bromsgrove DC and Redditch BC have agreed to create a shared management team led by Kevin Dicks and move to shared services. This comes a year after Mr Dicks, Bromsgrove’s chief since 2006, also took on the acting chief’s role at Redditch.
Justice Secretary Jack Straw has spoken out against some councils plans to delay election counts until the following morning, but conceded that he has no authority to block the proposals.
One in four people mistakenly believes the Government will pay for all of their care in old age, according to a Department of Health survey. In addition, half of those questioned underestimated the true cost of moving into a care home in their twilight years by as much as £20,000.
Today presenter Justin Webb visits Leicester, where the Total Place pilot scheme is giving local authorities the chance to take over the delivery of services.
The latest official figures on pollution show that carbon dioxide emissions have fallen in more than three-quarters of local authorities. The Department of Energy and Climate Change report covers the period from 2005 to 2007.
Today presenter Justin Webb visits Leicester, where the Total Place pilot scheme is giving local authorities the chance to take over the delivery of services.
A 15-year decline in demand for care home places has come to an end ahead of a predicted surge, according to a new report on the UK independent care home industry.
Cyclists will be permitted to ride the wrong way along one-way streets under a change intended to encourage more people to give up their cars or use them less.
Housing benefit reform may be too complex for this government but its likely Conservative successors will have no shortage of options if they take power next year.
We are in a period of transition from all-encompassing external audit and inspection to a new model. We can’t tell yet what will come next but clearly much of the present settlement will be facing heavy scrutiny as a costly overhead.