AGM 2003

Unison brands new freeze ‘absolute disgrace’.

Taking children into care ‘not a sign of failure’

Care regulator chief to step down in autumn

Cipfa survey finds fears for medium term budgets

Rural counties say financing is unsustainable

Local government employers have will extend the pay freeze affecting 1.6 million council staff into a third year, prompting anger among trade unions. Heather Wakefield, head of local government at Unison, was ‘absolutely

Councils have failed to speed-up the adoption process, education secretary Michael Gove has claimed. Mr Gove said very few local authorities had changed their practices after the Department of Education issued new guidance last year.

Chiltern District Council’s chief executive, Alan Goodrum, has been appointed as the shared chief of South Buckinghamshire. Mr Goodrum, who has been the chief executive at Chiltern for 16 years, took up his new role yesterday .

Council managers are calling for greater control over council tax beyond this year’s government-funded ‘freeze’. Exclusive research by LocalGov.co.uk sister title The MJ and the Local Government Information Unit (LGiU)

The reduced use of temporary labour in the public sector is having a disproportionate effect on women and young people, according to a survey by procurment services supplier Comensura. The figures reveal that there was an 11.8%