Radical scheme will look at giving regional bodies a say how billions of pounds are spent to try to cut benefits bill
Tag Archive: local government
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Mar 26
Council cuts: vulnerable people could lose life-transforming social care
Thousands of people with learning difficulties face losing daycare support if categorised as having moderate needs
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Mar 26
Council cuts will bring local government ‘to its knees’
Local authority leaders in England and Wales tell Guardian survey that municipal finances are increasingly ‘unsustainable’
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Mar 25
Cuts in council planning could ‘let developers command agenda’
Richard Rogers is among critics of proposals to slash planning budgets, warning that it would undermine localism policy
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Jan 03
Fat people could lose benefits
Obese people could lose some benefits – Public Service03 January 2013 Obese people on welfare may be ‘encouraged’ to exercise or lose some of their benefits, Westminster council has said as local authorities become responsible for wellbeing and health within communities. At the same time, a report that claimed mildly obese people were no more …
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Dec 16
UPDATED: Labour leaders dismiss adult care campaigner’s deaths report insiders claim
A Labour Party meeting on Friday night dismissed a report by a leading social care campaigner regarding pensioners who have died from infected bedsores, inside sources have claimed. Stoke South Labour Party received the report from Alex Shaw, a member of the respected North Staffs Pensioners Convention. PotteriesEYE has been given a copy Mr Shaw’s …
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Dec 11
Exclusive: Stoke-on-Trent Council CEO off to Copenhagen for week long conference amid cuts turmoil
The chief executive of Stoke-on-Trent City Council has disappeared to a conference in Copehagen, Demark, for a week as the public struggle to digest £21m of cuts, PotteriesEYE has learned. John van de Laarshcot, paid £4000 per week, has gone to the conference “with other CEO and leaders” described in a statement by Stoke-on-Trent City …
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