Austerity - Page 16

By Jonathan Werran | 25 November 2020

Local government has probably got just about enough from the chancellor to keep the show on the r...

TRANSFORMATION

Time to stop what isn't working

By Professor Donna Hall | 24 November 2020

Before setting their budgets, councils must rethink themselves and the purpose they serve within ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Helping councils defuse the early years ticking time bomb

By Tom Symons | 16 November 2020

Nesta has launched a new programme of Early Years Innovation Partnership, and is seeking councils...

HEALTH

Report proposes sweeping tax increases

By Michael Burton | 11 November 2020

A new health and social care tax raising £17bn should be the centrepiece of sweeping tax increase...

FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: Sector faces 'second lost decade'

By Dan Peters | 10 November 2020

The local government sector has been warned it faces a ‘second lost decade’ as a new index reveal...

PAY

The Government's actions 'don't match the words'

By Christina McAnea | 26 October 2020

Rather than recognising the role of council workers during COVID-19, the Government has prioritis...

WHITEHALL

Tax increases more likely than austerity, says Flanders

By Dan Peters | 15 October 2020

A top economist has predicted that tax increases are more likely than another bout of austerity.

WHITEHALL

Labour would adopt 'local by default' approach

By Dan Peters | 15 October 2020

A Labour government would strike a ‘new settlement between citizens and the state’ and adopt a ‘l...

DEVOLUTION

Whatever happened to devolution?

By Dr Arianna Giovannini | 07 October 2020

Devolution is an ‘unfinished’, disconnected project that benefits some areas but excludes others,...

FINANCE

Prepare for the worst and hope for the best

By Gary Fielding | 23 September 2020

In the current climate all that local government can do is prepare a range of scenarios and react...

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