Sean Nolan
Budget: Government favours its own services over local ones
Sean Nolan provides a rundown of the major local government issues confronting the chancellor in the run-up to the Autumn Budget.
The road ahead for managing social care
Sean Nolan looks at the conflicts ahead for the social care green paper and outlines some of the key approaches CIPFA will be investigating.
Rebooting the devolution agenda
Sean Nolan looks at the results of the English mayoral elections and assesses what is next on the agenda.
What councils need from the new chancellor
Philip Hammond has plenty to balance at his first Autumn Statement but reform must be made to ease the pressure on local government, says Sean Nolan
Answers for the commercial era
Sean Nolan says councils face key questions on their commercial stance but need more support from central government
The pressure has started
As business rates retention edges closer, Sean Nolan outlines the challenge ahead as councils face opposing issues that will stretch their resources and decision-making