Elections

11 April 2024

In Localis’s new essay collection, Catriona Riddell looks at developing agreement on housing supp...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Labour's local vision for growth

By Adam Fineberg | 08 April 2024

Adam Fineberg says Labour’s new localist Industrial Strategy is a manifesto aimed at reaping the ...

HEALTH

Finding the right prescription

By Matthew Taylor | 08 April 2024

Incremental improvements in collaboration, not wholesale change, is key to restoring faith in the...

HEALTH

Why mayors matter

By Paul Swinney | 08 April 2024

Polling shows the public wants more local control over policy decisions, and directly-elected may...

WHITEHALL

Government shelves rollout of council powers

By Chris Ames | 05 April 2024

The Department for Transport (DfT) has shelved the further rollout of powers for English councils...

Battle lines drawn for local elections

By Martin Ford | 03 April 2024

Rows over levelling up have dominated the opening clashes as campaigning kicked off for next mont...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Council chiefs receive cyber espionage warnings

By Mark Conrad | 03 April 2024

Council chiefs have been warned their email accounts, phones and computers will ‘almost certainly...

COUNCILLORS

'Business as usual' for Lancashire councillors despite resignations

By Mark Conrad | 02 April 2024

Councillors in Lancashire have insisted it will be ‘business as usual’ despite 20 resignations in...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Left and behind: women at work

By Sarah Longlands | 02 April 2024

Building gender equality and diversity into plans for economic growth has benefits for everyone, ...

ELECTIONS

Pre-elections: steering a path through comms

By Andy Allsopp | 28 March 2024

Andy Allsopp looks at the need for careful judgement from council communicators during the pre-el...

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