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NAPF calls for tax reforms on infrastructure investment

By Dan Peters | 28 October 2014

More needs to be done to make investing in infrastructure attractive and cost-efficient, local au...

Call for national mental health prevention strategy

By Dan Peters | 28 October 2014

The next government should introduce a national strategy to ensure councils work to prevent menta...

Reforms needed to save capital, report argues

By Dan Peters | 27 October 2014

Reforms are needed to stop the capital ‘falling victim to its own success,’ a report by the Centr...

New appointment to help realise West Midlands combined authority

By Dan Peters | 22 October 2014

Wolverhampton City Council’s strategic director for community has been appointed chief executive ...

Havering LBC to save cash by cutting chief execs' hours

By Dan Peters | 21 October 2014

A council chief executive who wanted to retire on her 61st birthday has been persuaded to stay on...

Cabinet seat call for cities

By Dan Peters | 21 October 2014

The Government should consider giving cities a permanent seat at cabinet, a 12-month inquiry publ...

Vote of confidence for Barnet chief

By Dan Peters | 21 October 2014

Barnet LBC’s Conservative council leader Richard Cornelius has insisted chief executive Andrew Tr...

'Peer reviews are not perfect,' says Sparks

By Dan Peters | 21 October 2014

The chair of the Local Government Association (LGA) has admitted weaknesses with the sector-led i...

Balls ploughs ahead with mansion tax plans

By Dan Peters | 21 October 2014

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls is ploughing ahead with plans for a mansion tax despite criticism from...

Mind the digital gap

By Dan Peters | 20 October 2014

Is local government at the cutting edge in developing digital services or lagging behind? Dan Pet...