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FINANCE

Hodge 'shocked' at Help to Buy

By Jonathan Werran | 06 March 2014

PAC chair ‘shocked’ DCLG's planned £3.7bn loans investment to boost property market made without ...

FINANCE

Business leaders call for councils to list assets online

By MJ reporter | 06 March 2014

Local authorities should list all their property assets online, leading employers group, the CBI,...

FINANCE

Bosses back devolution taskforce

By Jamie Hailstone | 06 March 2014

Council chief executives have backed a Labour Party report, which calls for a new approach to dev...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

How to become metro-centric

By Charlotte Alldritt | 06 March 2014

Charlotte Alldritt outlines the scope of the RSA’s City Growth Commission research into how city ...

FINANCE

Birmingham HS2 redevelopment plan unveiled

By Jamie Hailstone | 05 March 2014

Birmingham City Council has unveiled new plans to help regenerate 141 hectares in the city centre...

FINANCE

Calls for Government to help councils lift PFI burden

By MJ Correspondent | 05 March 2014

The Government should take action on PFI, a senior director of finance has said.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Wrap-around welfare

By Jules Pipe | 05 March 2014

Mayor Jules Pipe outlines London Councils’ strategy of harnessing the roll-out of Universal Credi...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Wrap-around welfare - case studies

05 March 2014

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Time for us to show our skills

By Tom Stannard | 05 March 2014

Tom Stannard asks if the recent funding announcement spells disaster or opportunity for LEPs and ...

FINANCE

Bold vision for reshaping services

By Sir Richard Leese | 05 March 2014

Sir Richard Leese, Cllr Sharon Taylor and Mayor Jules Pipe, co-chairs of the Local Government Inn...