The case for elected mayors is not clear-cut, say George Jones and John Stewart.
Liverpool has overtaken Glasgow to become the UK's fifth most-popular destination for tourists.
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The NAO has reported huge variations in the cost of creating new jobs from the economic growth programme,casts doubts on its value.
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County councillors in Shropshire met yesterday (Wednesday) to discuss plans to create a new trading company.
Staffordshire CC has joined forces with outsourcing giant Capita in a procurement and purchasing partnership.
Support services firm, Interserve, has bought the welfare-to-work company, Business Employment Training (BEST) for £17.5m.
Torbay Council has abandoned plans to team up with developers to oversee a £400m regeneration project across the English Riviera.
Communities secretary Eric Pickles has urged local business leaders to 'turn the wheels of our economy'.
How can we make the most progress through innovation in local government. Joan Munro asked some of the key chief executives in the sector for their views.
Michael Burton reports on some of the highlights of the recent PPMA annual conference.
Barry Creasy and Davy Jones ask if consultation has now become a dirty word.
The LGiU looks at the findings of the recently published NAO report on the Work Programme.
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Dermott Calpin reports from the roundtable organised by Trowers and Hamlins together with The MJ on how local government will respond to budget cuts.
Three major local government policies implemented by the coalition – including controversial benefits caps – face the prospect of legal challenges, lawyers warned this week.
How do councils understand and communicate with the citizen of the future? Richard Giblin, of Pitney Bowes Software, gives some answers.
Bath and North East Somerset Council has confirmed it intends to bring forward an agreed restructuring of its senior management team by six months.