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Families affected by cuts to be given work
The first 31 recruits start this month in full- or part-time jobs, says Greenwich council
LGA: People don't want weekly bin rounds
Eric Pickles says that over 6m families will now have a weekly bin service thanks to £250m funding
Sheffield council investigating 'extremely serious' confidential data breach
Sheffield to face ICO questions and has begun its own investigation into an 'extremely serious breach'
Dutch councils use hi-tech bins to cut costs and emissions
Vodafone assists 25 local authorities to reduce carbon emissions through 'revolutionary' refuse collection
Scottish council fined £250k after losing staff pension records
Pension records, bank details and salary information on hundreds of employees were dumped in supermarket recycle bins
Spend wisely and society benefits, says Holbrook
It will take time and effort to embed social value in commissioning, but throughout the journey we must not lose sight of what is at the core of the Social Value Act – spending money from the public purse more wisely so that society profits while business is being done
Council's bin survey asks: ''Are you gay?''
Managers have only themselves to blame for being ridiculed in the national press after putting sexual orientation in a questionnaire asking people how they dispose of their rubbish, writes Blair McPherson
Collaborating across sectors for better outcomes
New ideas, ground breaking policies and leading-edge practice are needed to transform public services that meet people's needs and give them real choice, writes John Tizard, director of Collaborate
Public services are a rapidly changing environment and never more so than now do those in the public sector need to be involved in informed debate, have knowledge of the latest issues and access to articles and comment. 