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    • Friday, 17 February, 2023
      Special ReportUK’s Leading Management Consultants
      UK public sector projects under pressure to do more for less

      Cost savings and efficiency set to be top government priorities for public procurement

    • Friday, 16 February, 2018
      Technology sector
      Uber sets out safety pledges in effort to regain London licence

      Ride-hailing app tries to ease TfL worries with promise to report ‘serious incidents’ to police

    • Monday, 13 February, 2017
      Property sector
      Businesses face ‘astronomical’ rise in rates bills

      First revaluation in 7 years provokes anger and calls for overhaul of system

    • Wednesday, 20 April, 2016
      Property sector
      Housing minister rejects revision of council tax bands

      Relief for homeowners but experts censure failure to update 25-year old levy

    • Wednesday, 23 March, 2016
      UK business & economy
      London transport funding faces squeeze

      Network still struggles despite £19bn of improvements in past decade

    • Monday, 26 October, 2015
      Rail
      Network Rail’s new line meets schedule

      Marylebone to Oxford service opens on time and to budget

    • Sunday, 9 August, 2015
      Rail
      HS2 contracts for £7bn put out to tender despite uncertainty

      Procurement starts although rail project has yet to gain Royal Assent

    • Monday, 20 July, 2015
      UK politics & policy
      Austerity spurs wave of innovation

      Cash-strapped councils find ways of coping with cuts by becoming engines of entrepreneurialism

    • Saturday, 9 May, 2015
      UK general election
      General election: London swings to the left

      Mansion tax and non-dom proposals fail to deter party’s momentum in capital

    • Wednesday, 4 March, 2015
      UK business & economy
      Londoners back greater fiscal devolution

      Businesses, councils and public want more say on tax and spending

    • Thursday, 9 January, 2014
      World
      Labour seizes on New York poll to highlight London inequality
    • Sunday, 21 July, 2013
      Olympic Games
      Olympics 2012: Cameron’s claims over economic legacy questioned
    • Wednesday, 26 June, 2013
      London fights for its future
      Transport for London’s grant cut by £220m in 2015-16
    • Monday, 10 June, 2013
      London fights for its future
      London and the UK: Of capital and revenues

      Does the city’s contribution to the national coffers justify a bid for financial freedom?

    • Monday, 10 June, 2013
      UK outsourcing
      London boroughs combine to sign ‘radical’ outsourcing deal
    • Wednesday, 15 May, 2013
      London fights for its future
      Boris Johnson backs call to give London control of £12bn of taxes
    • Tuesday, 30 April, 2013
      London fights for its future
      Car-free days and 24-hour Tube recommended for London’s West End
    • Wednesday, 18 August, 2010
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