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150 councils join One Public Estate Programme
Published : 19 October 2016

The Cabinet Office and Local Government Association have announced that 159 councils will join the next phase of the One Public Estate programme.  ... read more
Debt, money and pensions guidance body to be set up
Published : 19 October 2016

The Economic Secretary and the Minister for Pensions have agreed to take forward plans to develop a single public financial guidance body which ... read more
Pledge to give British expats right to vote
Published : 19 October 2016

The Minister for the Constitution, Chris Skidmore, has announced the policy statement which sets out how the Government will remove the current ... read more
ID assurance system
Published : 19 October 2016

Nineteen local authorities have agreed to take part in a pilot scheme to explore how a secure ID assurance system can be integrated into online ... read more
Taxpayers denied full openness over public money
Published : 19 October 2016

The UK’s transparency over public spending is “ticking the right boxes” but failing to provide full and open scrutiny over ... read more
Civil Service to impose further caps on public sector exit pay
Published : 19 October 2016

Unions have been told to accept a reduction in public sector exit payments to avoid an even greater reduction, it has emerged.  In a letter ... read more
Minimum wage rate recommendations accepted
Published : 19 October 2016

The Low Pay Commission has welcomed the Government’s acceptance of its recommendations for the rates of the minimum wage affecting workers ... read more
End of the European Communities Act
Published : 19 October 2016

David Davis, the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, has announced that the Government plans to repeal the 1972 European Communities ... read more
Water market open for competition
Published : 19 October 2016

From April 2017, England’s non-household water market will be opened up to competition, enabling local authorities to select the water ... read more
Reforming local government in Wales
Published : 19 October 2016

Mark Drakeford AM, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, has set out a new way forward for local government in Wales.  ... read more
Welsh Government’s funding arrangements
Published : 19 October 2016

The Joint Exchequer Committee (JEC) (Wales) has met to start discussions about the funding arrangements that will be put in place when new tax ... read more
Network Rail risks fragmenting path network - Ramblers
Published : 19 October 2016

Ramblers’ volunteers across Essex, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire are responding to proposals being put forward by Network Rail for the closure ... read more
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