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FINANCE

Tory hits out at Lib Dem council tax plans

By Jamie Hailstone | 27 April 2015

A senior Conservative local government figure has accused the Lib Dems of not trusting voters wit...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

New arrangements for Rotherham MBC agreed

By Jamie Hailstone | 24 April 2015

Details of how the Government-appointed commissioners will oversee Rotherham MBC have now been ag...

HEALTH

National politicians have few new answers

By Simon Parker | 21 April 2015

Director of the New Local Government Network think tank, Simon Parker, asks what the future holds...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Going further

By Nick Clegg | 21 April 2015

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg sets out the Liberal Democrats’ offer to local government – devo...

FINANCE

What is an officer?

By Nicholas Dobson | 14 April 2015

Nicholas Dobson takes literary inspiration as a starting point to unravel whether a local authori...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Rising to the election challenge

By David Buckle | 14 April 2015

This year's set of elections are the most complex ever, with parish, district and parliamentary s...

FINANCE

Council tax top of election agenda

By Jonathan Werran | 09 April 2015

Conservative and Labour party heavyweights have brought the future of council tax charges to the ...

COUNCILLORS

EXCLUSIVE: Mayor warned 'cultural change' vital to progress

By Dan Peters | 09 April 2015

Cultural change at senior officer level and their working relationships with members will be ‘fun...

BUSINESS

Sir Merrick steps down from Kensington & Chelsea

By MJ reporter | 31 March 2015

Former chairman of the Local Government Association and London Councils, Sir Merrick Cockell, is ...

FINANCE

Row over delay to exempt travel expenses from tax

By Dan Peters | 31 March 2015

A fierce political row has erupted after plans to exempt councillors’ travel expenses from tax by...

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