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Council of Europe

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Council staff fear for jobs as contract moves south
; COUNCIL computer workers fear their jobs could be at risk after...work is to be transferred to England. The move would see council tax bills and council payslips sent out from a hi-tech plant on Tyneside...handled. An agreement is about to be signed which would see the council's ... Read more
Council divided over low tax rise
; ...to pass a budget that will see council tax in the district rise by...per cent increase means the council's share of the tax bill for...fire authorities and parish councils will push the total cost up...controversial budget divided the council, with 34 members voting in... Read more
Council to `bite the bullet' on finances.(News)
; ...budget for Walsall, which will see council tax bills rise by 8.3 per cent. The council's majority Labour group has...authority. Yesterday, Deputy Council Leader Coun Harold Withnall...future financial health of the council. But Coun Mike Bird (Streetly... Read more
Taxpayers could foot bill for council's pounds3.7m overspend
; ...Riding: Residents could see council tax bills rise by six per...pounds3.7m overspend by the council. Opposition councillors...detrimental to the finance of the council. Liberal Democrat group leader Councillor David Nolan said: "This... Read more
Waverley HQ for city council
; A NEW GBP 40 million council headquarters housing 1,800 staff is to be built for Edinburgh...building will be constructed by Railtrack and leased to the council over 20 years for an estimated annual rent of pounds...and in need of millions of pounds of upgrades, and will see council staff located in ... Read more
Massive tax rise could bail out council.
; A West Midland council has to axe up to pounds 3 million from its spending and may be forced to increase council tax by 25 per cent next year. The cash crisis in Walsall, which may also see council tax rise a further 14 per cent in 2000, prompted a scathing...said: The Labour group cannot handle the ... Read more
COUNCIL TAX THREAT IN pounds 3m CASH CRISIS
; WALSALL Council has to axe up to pounds 3 million off its spending and may be forced to hike up council tax by 25 per cent next year, a report has revealed. The cash crisis, which may also see council tax rise a further 14 per cent in the Year 2000, prompted...The Labour group cannot handle the ... Read more
COUNCIL TAX THREAT IN pounds 3m CASH CRISIS.
; WALSALL Council has to axe up to pounds 3 million off its spending and may be forced to hike up council tax by 25 per cent next year, a report has revealed. The cash crisis, which may also see council tax rise a further 14 per cent in the Year 2000, prompted...said: The Labour group cannot handle the ... Read more
Council Tax to rise by 3.75%.
; Residents in Suffolk look set to see Council Tax increase by 3.75 per cent, the county council announced yesterday. The...B home owners paying the council [pounds sterling]835.24...million in cuts - although the council says it still needs to make... Read more
Founders `failings' see council criticised
; ...Founders Park is criticising the Nelson City Council for what she says is its inaction in dealing...proposal to manage the park after the council called for expressions of interest from...said she had been told this week that the council was not currently interested in pursuing... Read more

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