Audit Commission to be scrapped

Eric Pickles says the Audit Commission has ‘lost its way’. Photograph: Martin Argles/Guardian The watchdog responsible for ensuring local councils deliver value for money is to be scrapped, it was announced today. Eric Pickles, the communities and local government secretary, said... 

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Internships: institutional exploitation? | Tanya de Grunwald

The Institute for Public Policy Research has condemned most unpaid internships as illegal. Photograph: Jonathan Kirnjonathan Kirn/Getty Images Are any big companies willing to condemn publicly the practice of exploiting the vast army of young, unpaid workers we’ve come to call “interns”?... 

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RIM ‘optimistic’ about BlackBerry in India

A customer checks a BlackBerry handset at a shop in New Delhi. RIM is confident it can meet Indian government security demands. Photograph: Prakash Singh/AFP/Getty Images BlackBerry manufacturer Research in Motion is “optimistic” the company can resolve security demands from the... 

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Banks establish taskforce to fight criticism over lack of lending

Writing on behalf the banks, Stephen Green, chairman of HSBC, says the bankers’ taskforce will look at ways of backing businesses. Photograph: Luke MacGregor / Reuters/REUTERS The chief executives of the six biggest banks in the UK are to fight back against government concerns that they... 

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