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Social landlords team up and offer speed-dating to tackle bedroom tax

Four housing associations in the Bristol area have teamed up to offer their tenants a housing speed-dating event, in an effort to help combat the bedroom tax. Merlin Housing Society, Knightstone Housing Association, Sovereign Housing Associ...

Fire service needs transforming, says government review

Fire and rescue services in England need to be "transformed" to become more efficient and effective, a government-commissioned review has said. Sir Ken Knight said incidents were down 40% over the past decade but the number of firefighters wa...

Fire & Rescue Services agree £83,000 settlement with FBU over TUPE breach

Readers will remember that in March 2012, the Isle of Wight Fire & Rescue Service closed its emergency control room based in Newport and transferred to Surrey Fire & Rescue Service in Reigate. It was revealed over the weekend that d...

Leeds to bring housing ALMOs back in-house

Leeds City Council is set to bring its arms-length housing bodies back in-house saving more than £2m. The three arms-length management organisations (ALMO), which look after 58,000 council houses for the council, face being wound down...

North Yorkshire backs collaboration plans with Selby

Plans for Selby District Council and North Yorkshire County Council to jointly deliver some services has received the backing of county councillors. Since the beginning of the year, the two authorities have been investigating the potential...