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Barnet Council and NHS Barnet have launched a joint advertising campaign for residents to rate the quality of social care services and health services.

Britain’s rural villages are at risk of dying unless radical action is taken to secure their future, according to the Rural Coalition.

Entrepreneur Sir Philip Green will lead an external efficiency review into government spending, the Cabinet Office announced today.

The Government should make some of the money raised through landfill tax available for people to set up allotments on disused land, according to council leaders.

The Secretary of State Eric Pickles turns the spotlight on spending firmly on his own department today as details of how £314 million of taxpayer money was spent by the Department for Communities and Local Government last year are published for the first time.

Stockport Council has been highly commended for the redevelopment of St Peter’s Square in the Pedestrian Environment category of the Local Government News Street Design Awards.

Birmingham City Council is set to provide another 234 high quality, family homes across the city, after successfully securing government funding from the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) through the Public Land Programme.