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Local government NEWS
Two councils save through websites
Manchester and Edinburgh councils have announced new websites designed to better target customer needs
Anger at £127m redundancy bill
Top executives at Labour-controlled Glasgow City Council are set to receive an average of £128,000
Council costs inflated by 'poor websites'
Councils could be spending 23 times the amount necessary for dealing with customer enquiries due to poor websites
School closures are 'inevitable'
One in nine Scottish primary schools is operating with at least 60 per cent of its places unfilled, and a leading authority on local government has predicted widespread closures
''Quick wins'' to pensions crisis proposed
The London Pensions Fund Authority has recommended how to tackle the public sector pensions problem
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Online power to the people
Having invested millions in ICT, Birmingham City Council is looking for returns. Dawn Flook, the council's Customer First programme delivery manager, argues that e-government aspects of transformation will empower citizens and deliver savingsLATEST EDITIONS
With local councils gaining more powers over policy and council tax, local government has never been a more dynamic climate. Find out more below.
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