The case for elected mayors is not clear-cut, say George Jones and John Stewart.
Greg Clark has announced the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) comes into force today, stating it enshrines councils' local plans.
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The country's first incentive scheme aimed at encouraging Londoners to walk and cycle started today.
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Westminster City Council has ditched plans to send housingbenefit refugees to Derby and Nottingham.
A government taskforce has been set up to stop the scourge of 'beds in sheds'.
A cycle lane positioned in the middle of the road by Central Bedfordshire Council is described by a local cyclist as an 'epic fail'.
Local councils at loggerheads with welfare officials about the use of European Social Fund to help Britain's 'problem families'.
The leader of Sedgemoor DC has thanked Bridgwater Town Council for helping to meet its legal costs to build a nuclear power station.
Reining in carbon emissions goes far beyond the UK, and local government has an established track record in encouraging behaviour change says Warren Hatter.
For a council's climate change strategy to be effective, vital measures must be taken, says Stephen Cirell.
The National Planning Policy Framework is ambiguous andwill inevitably lead to the law courts, says Nick Raynsford.
Next week, the unveiling of the Government's waste policy review will be upon us...
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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.