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A sharp increase in the number of suspected cases of modern slavery is having a ‘huge impact’ on council services, town hall chiefs have warned.
Construction and facilities giant Interserve was handed £660m of public sector contracts before it went into administration last week, experts have revealed.
Christian Wall considers what alternative funding channels are available to local authorities beyond the Public Works Loan Board.
As councils seek ways to meet the funding gap, Martin Reeves and Rob Whiteman look at the implications for the future of public services and how we need a mature debate on prevention, accountability and joined up services.
Women and ethnic minorities are underrepresented at the local level in Scotland and many face harassment, an equalities study has revealed.
Councillors in Edinburgh have voted to back the £207m extension of the city’s controversial tram network to Leith and Newhaven.
Councils are not routinely recording whether someone they are providing services for has a neurological condition, making these patients ‘invisible’.
Southend-on-Sea Council is set to invest £20m in commercial property in a bid to replace cuts in central government funding.
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Spirotech’s combined deaerator and dirt separator Spirocross was the water conditioning system of choice for a landmark centre opened by a Midlands charity on the regenerated site of a former public swimming baths.
Mobile parking payment provider PayByPhone is rapidly expanding in the UK. The global leader in mobility services processed 28.3 million transactions last year.
With over 50 years of experience in manufacturing Traffic Management products, JSP have launched the new Ridgeback™ Speed Ramp.