November Edition

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Byelaws
Published : 01 November 2001

1. Local authorities have power under certain Acts of Parliament to make byelaws, which are local laws that create criminal offences. Before ... read more

Cases
Published : 01 November 2001

Registration of town or village green R v Sunderland CC, ex p Beresford The Times, 26th July 2001 (Court of Appeal) A council owned land which ... read more

Changes to the Working Time Regulations
Published : 01 November 2001

Changes to the Working Time Regulations, which will remove the qualifying period necessary to receive entitlement to paid annual leave, have ... read more

Connecting with Communities: Improving Communications in Local Government
Published : 01 November 2001

The DTLR, the Local Government Association (LGA), the Improvement and Development Agency (IdeA) and the Audit Commission (AC), have embarked ... read more

Consultation on improved structural safety of buildings
Published : 01 November 2001

Proposals to amend regulations on the robustness of buildings have published for consultation by the Government. The proposed amendments should ... read more

Councils invited to modernise democracy at next election
Published : 01 November 2001

Councils throughout England are being invited to try out new methods of voting at the next local elections in May 2002. Announcing this, Local ... read more

Councils on target to deliver all public services online
Published : 01 November 2001

Councils are on course to reach the target for making all their services online by 2005. Local Government Minister Nick Raynsford has announced ... read more

Falconer issues challenge to plan for a better tomorrow
Published : 01 November 2001

An end to wasteful land use plus a multi-million pound investment in online planning appeals are two of the commitments announced by Planning ... read more

Life-saving cameras to be made more visible
Published : 01 November 2001

Minister for Transport John Spellar today announced that the scheme for funding safety cameras by 'netting-off', where money collected from fines ... read more

Local government web site wins award on first birthday
Published : 01 November 2001

A pioneering one-stop web site for local councils, www.info-4local.gov.uk, has won an award for innovation on the first birthday of its launch. ... read more

New Chairman for the Local Government Ombudsman
Published : 01 November 2001

Mr Anthony Redmond has been appointed by Her Majesty the Queen as a Commissioner for Local Administration, a local government ombudsman, on the ... read more

New powers to improve bus services
Published : 01 November 2001

Tough new measures to improve bus services have been announced by local transport Minister Sally Keeble. New powers were made available under ... read more

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