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Durham council under fire after 22 staff get over £100,000 despite budget cuts

6:00am Friday 10th May 2013

THE North-East’s biggest council has come under fire for paying six-figure remuneration packages to 22 staff – more than the previous year, despite unprecedented budget cuts.

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Councils to be 'named and shamed' if they don't cut heart deaths

11:00pm Monday 25th March 2013

LOCAL councils will be ‘named-and-shamed’ if they fail to cut deaths and disability from sudden heart attacks, under new Government plans.

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New apprenticeships to be created

6:13pm Wednesday 13th March 2013

RYEDALE District Council is funding two apprentice schemes for young people and businesses over the next two years.

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Apprenticeships hailed as vital for North Yorkshire's future

1:29pm Monday 11th March 2013

THREE schemes to improve young people’s employment opportunities and boost the North Yorkshire economy have been hailed at the launch of National Apprenticeship Week.

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District councils reject proposal to unite authorities

4:41pm Friday 8th March 2013

A PROPOSAL to save taxpayers’ money by twinning district councils in England’s largest county has been rejected.

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Councils fail to record successes in tackling problem families

6:00am Tuesday 5th March 2013

FLAGSHIP plans to tame “neighbours from hell” have yet to record a single success in most of the region, it was revealed yesterday (Monday, March 4).

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North-East councils cut £16m from managerial wage bill

12:10am Wednesday 20th February 2013

NORTH-East councils cut nearly £16m from their management wage bills last year, new figures suggest.

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More than £150m taken from Tees Valley councils

6:08pm Wednesday 13th February 2013

WELL over £150m has been taken out of the Tees Valley economy in the last four years due to Government cut backs to council budgets, The Northern Echo has discovered.

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