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New Census figures show £37m shortfall in Government funding to Tower Hamlets 29 Jul 2012 | 10:41 pm
New Census figures show £37m shortfall in Government funding to Tower Hamlets New Census figures show £37m shortfall in Government funding to Tower Hamlets Newly released figures from the 2011 Ce...
Council ordered to stop unlawful recording of taxi passengers’ conversations 26 Jul 2012 | 03:06 am
Southampton City Council has been ordered to stop the mandatory recording of passengers’ and drivers’ conversations in the city’s taxis, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced today. S...
Council managers sacked over Winterbourne View scandal 26 Jul 2012 | 12:31 am
South Gloucestershire Council has dismissed two authority care managers following the revelations, in a BBC Panorama documentary, that adults with learning disabilities suffered abuse at Winterbourne ...
Appalling Funding and Access for wellington train Station 25 Jul 2012 | 12:05 am
The recently announced sum of £70,000 for Wellington Train Station barely touches the grievances that disabled/less able have with this public service. People First believe that a public consultation...
Right to buy turns ex-council homes into buy-to-let'goldmine' 24 Jul 2012 | 05:32 pm
Nearly 40% of former council flats in one of the most expensive areas of London have been turned into a ‘goldmine’ for private buy-to-let landlords after being bought at big discounts under Right to B...
Telford & Wrekin Council Seek To Recruit Business Leader 20 Jul 2012 | 12:18 am
Telford & Wrekin Council is to recruit a business leader to help it find new ways of earning money and drive further efficiency of services The new role of Commercial Enterprise Manager, paying £55,0...
Blaby Council criticised over bailiff charges 19 Jul 2012 | 06:52 pm
Blaby Council did not exercise proper control over bailiffs it employed to collect council tax debts, finds Local Government Ombudsman, Dr Jane Martin. In her report, issued today, she says: “I am is...
Walsall Council criticised over top-up fees for woman’s care 19 Jul 2012 | 06:50 pm
Walsall Council wrongly charged a woman top-up fees for her mother’s residential care, finds Local Government Ombudsman, Dr Jane Martin. In her report she says: “The Council could not reasonably expe...
Ex-council finance chief jailed 12 Jul 2012 | 04:30 am
Residents of a London borough are facing cuts in services after a former finance chief was jailed for four years for cheating them out of £500,000. John Jossa also took £171,000 from the London Borou...
Castle Point Council criticised for failure to fully implement remedy for overcharged taxi drivers 11 Jul 2012 | 11:35 pm
Castle Point Council criticised for failure to fully implement remedy for overcharged taxi drivers Date Published: 05/07/12 Castle Point Borough Council has failed to provide taxi drivers who it had...
