Computacenter gags Bristol City Council over anti-open source ‘bias’
Computacenter gags Bristol City Council over anti-open source ‘bias’
Computacenter has prevented Bristol City Council from publishing details of a consulting project that has been overshadowed by allegations of anti-open source bias.
100K report to look into M65 extension at Colne
COUNTY council bosses are to look at ways of extending the M65 from Colne to Yorkshire to ease traffic congestion.
Council urged to chase rent cash
AN OXFORD landlord has accused city council bosses of wasting taxpayers money by not doing more to claw back unpaid rent from people on housing benefits.
Essex County Council cutting IT jobs
Essex County Council is cutting IT jobs as part of a programme to modernise its information services and save 32 million in costs.
Council owns nightclub and pubs
Bristol City Council owns more than a dozen restaurants, 24 pubs, a hotel and a nightclub, it emerges.
Green Councillors ask Audit Commission to investigate 170,000 unauthorised spending by council chiefs
Green Party councillors have asked the Audit Commission to investigate whether chief officers at Norfolk County Council acted legitimately in spending at least 170,000 of public money between 2008 and 2011 on planning preparation costs that benefitted a private company, without first obtaining formal authorisation from elected Councillors [1].
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