Top tips: lessons from the community budget pilots buff.ly/Zza5Ey (The Guardian) #localgov #news

Blackburn director to leave local government buff.ly/11TP9rP (LGCPlus.com) #localgov #news

Bill Rankin obituary buff.ly/11sqTwO (The Guardian) #localgov #news

£800m in unpaid London council bills bit.ly/10scVyg (BBC) #localgov #news

Council contracts: Jane Hutt urges councils to use local firms bit.ly/17HRgzt (BBC) #localgov #news

Pickles rethinks permitted development plans - Local Government ... buff.ly/ZHBJvX (LGCPlus.com) #localgov #news

What should local authorities do about the happiness debate? buff.ly/ZHCJ3b (The Guardian) #localgov #news

Hands Off Our Land: Planning reforms have actually slowed ... buff.ly/ZDq3gQ (Daily Telegraph) #localgov

Eric Pickles conservatory climb-down 'may still pose risk to green ... buff.ly/1248KFz (Daily Telegraph) #localgov

People on benefits want to find work – but they need council support buff.ly/13No2Tb (The Guardian) #localgov #news

Pickles rethinks permitted development plans buff.ly/15BO0JD (LGCPlus.com) #localgov #news

Peers back revised home extension plan buff.ly/13OOlbA (BBC) #localgov #news

Charities can nurture local economic growth as well as social capital buff.ly/YJu93Q (The Guardian) #localgov #news

Kingston to tackle race inequality with council scorecard buff.ly/14LxaZh (The Guardian) #localgov #news

Live discussion: sharing services to save councils money buff.ly/15E17tY (The Guardian) #localgov #news

Sir Albert Bore, leader of Birmingham council, fights to prevent cuts buff.ly/14MQSUJ (The Guardian) #localgov #news

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Councils need more powers to tackle tenancy fraud buff.ly/11B96Ud (The Guardian) #localgov #news

New care scheme gives older people they key to freedom | Local ... buff.ly/14ODwam (The Guardian) #localgov #news

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