FINANCE

Call to relax restrictions on housing loans

By Jonathan Werran | 06 February 2014

Council chiefs have called for an independent ministerial review to come with ‘no-strings attache...

FINANCE

Councils warn against land charges centralisation

By Jamie Hailstone | 06 February 2014

District councils have warned against government plans to centralise responsibility for land char...

FINANCE

Figures showdown between DCLG and Audit Commission

By MJ Correspondent | 06 February 2014

The Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) could be heading for a showdown with th...

FINANCE

Poor forecasting heaps burden on public purse

By Jonathan Werran | 06 February 2014

Many Government financial forecasts are poor, spending watchdogs have concluded.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

The English question

By Alexandra Jones | 06 February 2014

Centre for Cities chief Alexandra Jones says Scottish independent vote offers once-in-a-lifetime ...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Give boroughs the keys to drive welfare reform, London Councils urges

By Jonathan Werran | 06 February 2014

Ministers should use the introduction of Universal Credit to put local authorities in the driving...

FINANCE

What's the best policy?

By Bob Neill | 05 February 2014

As election season slowly draws closer, Bob Neill looks at how the planning and financing of loca...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

We need radical devolution for economic growth

By Pat Ritchie | 05 February 2014

Newcastle chief executive Pat Ritchie looks at what fiscal devolution could do for the Core Cities.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Playing to win among the 39 LEPs

By Steve Lamb | 05 February 2014

Steve Lamb explains how Thames Valley’s Local Enterprise Partnership went about submitting its bi...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Local authority perspective:

05 February 2014