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ECONOMIC GROWTH
Time to wake up
By Paul Wheeler | 20 August 2019
Paul Wheeler says the ‘slow death of capable local political leadership’ is hopefully a wake-up c...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Promising findings from social work pilots
By Naomi Larsson | 19 August 2019
Devolving budgets to frontline workers to directly support families could reduce the likelihood o...
FINANCE
Council to change finance approach after review
By Paul Marinko | 07 August 2019
Warrington BC has ‘consistently overspent’ against parts of its budget and needs to change its ap...
WHITEHALL
Pay claim would cost sector £1bn
By Dan Peters | 24 July 2019
A demand for a 10% pay rise and minimum wage of £10 per hour would cost local government more tha...
CLIMATE CHANGE
A stitch in time
By Tony Kirkham | 24 July 2019
English cities are trying to deal with the impact of austerity, says Tony Kirkham. But he conclud...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
New Treasury team must not destroy its inheritance
By Michael Burton | 24 July 2019
Michael Burton says the power to plunge the economy into recession lies in the hands of the new P...
FINANCE
Barnsley 'high performing' despite austerity
By Naomi Larsson | 22 July 2019
Barnsley MBC is ‘high performing’ despite its long battle with austerity, a peer review by the Lo...
FINANCE
Labour proposes outsourcing reversal
By Paul Marinko | 22 July 2019
Labour’s plans to reverse outsourcing of council services have drawn a mixed reaction from the se...
FINANCE
Local government must surely be up for a shift to insourcing
By John Tizard | 22 July 2019
Labour has published a plan for ‘21st century insourcing’. John Tizard says the party is 'not sim...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Planning amid the certainty of uncertainty
17 July 2019
John Hewitt says finance directors and their teams have been working ‘minor miracles’ in signing ...
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