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ECONOMIC GROWTH
Districts doubtful over levelling up assurances
By Martin Ford | 05 July 2022
Districts have dismissed Government assurances about a controversial clause in the Levelling Up a...
FINANCE
Blow to hopes for independent levelling up body
By Martin Ford | 01 July 2022
An amendment to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill would have established a body to scrutinis...
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES
Rampant inflation will impact poorest most
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 30 June 2022
Chair of the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities, Sir Stephen Houghton, says unless e...
FINANCE
Minister tells councils to 'prioritise when delivering core services'
By Dan Peters | 30 June 2022
In a message to the Local Government Association’s annual conference, Treasury minister Simon Cla...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
On the level?
29 June 2022
We’re a few years on from the Tories’ 2019 promise to level up the country.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Avoiding the edge
By Jonathan Carr-West | 28 June 2022
As the sector gathers this week for the LGA conference, Dr Jonathan Carr-West says it’s time to s...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Gove urges councils to call out poor performance
By Heather Jameson | 28 June 2022
Levelling up secretary Michael Gove quite rightly sung the praises of local government for the se...
WHITEHALL
A year of progress on county devolution
By James Maker | 28 June 2022
James Maker says that rather than stripping powers from any tier of local government, Clause 16 ...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Council chiefs argue for accountability
By Martin Ford | 28 June 2022
Senior officers have asked for greater accountability for the local government sector as part of ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
We must rise to this moment
By Lisa Nandy | 28 June 2022
Writing ahead of her LGA conference plenary, shadow secretary of state Lisa Nandy says it’s time ...
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