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Unison, the UK’s leading public sector union, is warning that falling footfall in libraries is a worrying trend, sparked off by service cuts and closures that will hit students of tomorrow hard.

Stephen Moir, Corporate Director for People, Policy and Law at Cambridgeshire County Council is set to have a big say on the future development of the local government workforce in a new role.

Entry forms have been published for the London Planning Awards, the annual competition to celebrate the contribution good planning makes to the capital’s urban vitality.

UK councils could do the same amount of work with 500,000 fewer staff if they matched the productivity of private firms, a report has claimed.

Trying to register the death of a person who is not yet dead, asking where pest control officers buy their rifles and seeking an explanation of the plot of an 18th century play are some of the more unusual queries council call centres have dealt with over the past year.

Work on Gateshead Council’s first new rented homes for 25 years has reached a major milestone with a topping-out ceremony on site.

Up to 300 management and backroom roles could go at Edinburgh Council as the authority aims to reduce management costs and increase efficiencies in preparation for government funding cuts.