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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Southampton creates its legacy

By Dawn Baxendale | 27 April 2015

It’s a city that is building its reputation for economic growth. Dawn Baxendale explains that it ...

FINANCE

Council will not replace chief executive

By Laura Sharman | 24 April 2015

Rhondda Cynon Taf Council will combine the role of chief executive with its director for educatio...

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...

CLIMATE CHANGE

'Expect disruption' to civil service after elections

By Jonathan Werran | 21 April 2015

Economic development and public service reform policies could be disrupted by a massive re-engine...

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

Dishing out success

20 April 2015

A project by Calderdale MBC has secured free school meals for hundreds more children and brought ...

EDUCATION

What academy-related duties does a local authority still have?

By Peter Hill | 20 April 2015

Peter Hill summarises just what exactly local authorities are currently responsible for in terms ...

EDUCATION

Lib Dems £2.5bn education funding boost pledge

By Jonathan Werran | 15 April 2015

A promise to find an extra £2.5bn for education funding by 2020 forms the centrepiece of the Libe...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Welcome to the 'Severn powerhouse'

30 March 2015

Bristol, Cardiff and Newport councils have joined together to form the ‘Great Western Cities’ and...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Making capital gains

By Mayor Jules Pipe | 30 March 2015

Mayor Jules Pipe, chair of London Councils, looks back at 50 years of innovation and modernisatio...