The case for elected mayors is not clear-cut, say George Jones and John Stewart.
Whitehall departments need greater flexibility over pay and recruitment in order to overcome a glaring skills gap, Lord Browne has claimed.
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Eric Pickles this week vowed to axe two government regulations for every one his department introduces.
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Police and Crime Commissioners to choose which membership body will protect their funding share after November elections.
An influential Commons'Committee has warned accountability for devolved spending on schools is not robust enough.
The number of people fully-covered by local authority care fell by 11% in the past two years, Labour Party figures suggest.
A senior Commons select committee chairman praises local government and called for practices to be replicated across Whitehall.
Interested parties have been reminded contributions to the consultation on independence must be given by midnight tonight.
Is variation of spend and outcome a natural result of allowing local spending decisions to be made in the first place? Asks Jonathan Werran.
Jonathan Werran looks at what the future potentially holds for the coalition government until the general elections of 2015.
Jonathan Werran says the double dip recession will have an enormous significance to local authorities' spending plans.
Richard Stay asks why is funding provided to 'high risk' community groups.
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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.