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Housing & Planning
I think this initiative is to be welcomed but it's unclear if this mindset will be applied to new... MORE
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Police & Emergency
Interesting, but we should be basing policy on "road fear" as well as collision statistics. Road... MORE
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Police & Emergency
We urgently need our Police Forces to help change the culture of speed in this Country. You are the... MORE
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Police & Emergency
The HSE manage hazards by a reporting policy that embraces all dangerous occurrences (RIDDOR) and... MORE
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Police & Emergency
Your foreword says "The police service is committed to preventing and reducing the loss of life or... MORE
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Public Transport
This article is so true. With commuter train prices rocketing the bus is more and more a vital... MORE
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Audit Commission urges social care savings of £300m
Councils could release over £300 million to spend on direct care for older people, if they reduced their expenditure on social care assessments and reviews to that of the most
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Poorest left behind in fight against unhealthy lifestyles, new report finds
The proportion of people engaging in multiple unhealthy lifestyle behaviours has fallen significantly according to a new report from The King's...
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Tesco traffic light label move should prompt Government action
The UK's largest supermarket, Tesco, has today announced it will implement a new food labelling scheme that includes traffic light...
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Quango reforms saving billions for taxpayer
The Government is more than halfway through the first wave of its quango reform programme, with the changes made so far set to save at least £1.4 billion for the taxpayer in...
Editor's Feature
Cllr Peter Fleming Chair of the LGA improvement Board
Service Shared: Costs Spared?
The LGA has long recognised the importance of shared services as one of a number of ways for councils to reduce costs and improve...
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Re: Hand Hygiene Summit
How do you plan to keep mometum with the campaign to ensure we maintain our high compliance rate...
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Re: Dementia are we making progress or is it old news?
J is a 70 year old fit active gentleman with a diagnosis of Dementia. J has been living at the Care Home for just under a year. On admission his...
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Re: HS2: Good for the UK or not?
The simple answer is that it doesn't - HS2 is not sustainable. Quite apart from the destruction of protected landscapes, ancient woodlands and SSSIs...
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Re: Are we promoting cycling to benefit the environment but neglecting cyclist safety?
Compulsory training and testing is a ridiculous idea. Many local councils already offer free or subsidised training and there are numerous publicity...
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Should street lighting on our roads be reduced to save energy?
There is an ongoing debate in the media regarding various ways local authorities are trying to save energy by cutting down on street lighting....
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Reducing HVAC costs, consumption and creating better working environments
Non domestic and commercial buildings are responsible for almost 50% of the UK's total energy consumption and carbon emissions, and of that the...
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Dr Steve Davies, Education Director, The IEA
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Karen Jennings, Assistant General Secretary, UNISON
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Professor Steve Albon Co-Chair, UK National Ecosystem Assessment & The James Hutton Institute
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Professor Sir John Lawton Chair, Lawton Report, `Making Space for Nature` Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
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Seven times as many Tory councils to sell off school playing fields
Analysis produced by the Labour Party shows that seven times as many Conservative councils want to sell off school playing fields compared to Labour
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Sell off expensive social housing to boost the economy, says think tank
Selling off social housing worth more than the average property in each region could create the largest social house building programme since the...
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Number of older people living with cancer set to treble by 2040
The number of older people (aged 65 and over) living with cancer in the UK is set to more than treble by 2040 – from 1.3 million in 2010 to 4.1 million – warns Macmillan...
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Parades, freedom of borough and street naming for Olympic heroes
As Olympic stars return home with one of the country's biggest haul of Olympic medals, councils across the country are laying on celebrations, naming streets after their...
Editor's Feature
Jonathan Stephens Permanent SecretaryDCMS
Delivering a lasting legacy
The summer of 2012 will long be remembered as a moment that brought the whole country together for a unique festival of sport, culture and nationwide celebration. But the real...
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