A new report says cuts need to be mader in front line public sector staff to make services more efficient and to help salvage public finances. The right-leaning think tank, Reform, says the Prime Minister and the Conservative leader, David Cameron, are wrong to pledge protection for front line services.

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Campaigners say more needs to be done to help smaller towns combat the effects of the recession. The warning has come from Action for Market Towns, which has given a cautious welcome to a 2.6 million pound Government fund to help revitalise high streets.

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This programme is now available to view on localgov.tv the online television channel for public service modernisation. It explains how telephone interpreting has been introduced by Sheffield Hospital NHS Trust to improve service to people with a limited knowledge of English and to cut costs.

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