Austerity

By Hilary Jones | 28 July 2020

Hilary Jones highlights how COVID-19 has been the catalyst for shifting up a gear when it comes t...

FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: Croydon reaches out for MHCLG lifeline

By Dan Peters | 23 July 2020

Croydon LBC is understood to have made initial contact with the Ministry of Housing, Communities ...

HEALTH

Leicester should be 'klaxon warning' to councils

By Ann McGauran | 21 July 2020

The example of Leicester should be a ‘klaxon warning’ to councils that government ‘will not hesit...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Leicester's Politicised Lockdown: A warning to local government

By Professor Jonathan S Davies | 21 July 2020

Jonathan S. Davies says government's 'failure to admit responsibility for the sweatshops, whilst ...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Labour support for bigger pay rise revealed

By Dan Peters | 06 July 2020

Labour has distanced itself from rival parties’ decision to block the Local Government Associatio...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Will coronavirus kill democratic local government?

By Jonathan Davies | 01 July 2020

The Government might welcome an end to elected local government, say Jonathan Davies and Dr Arian...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Ombudsman creates specialist coronavirus unit ahead of complaints service reopening

By Dan Peters | 25 June 2020

A specialist unit has been created to deal with coronavirus complaints by the Local Government an...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Proceed until apprehended

By Joe Simpson | 22 June 2020

In the wake of the first wave of the pandemic, we should not wait for national government to appr...

Now the clapping has stopped the listening needs to start

By John Knight | 19 June 2020

John Knight says COVID-19 has given citizens a much sharper focus on the local services they valu...

WHITEHALL

Luton forced into unavoidable cuts

By Dan Peters | 17 June 2020

Luton BC’s boss has said the council has done all it can but has no other choice than to cut 365 ...

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