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LGiU: Whitehall silos could stymie neighbourhood budget expansion

By Jonathan Werran | 10 July 2013

Ambitions to expand neighbourhood community budgets to a further 100 areas could be undermined by...

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LGiU response to Neighbourhood Budget funding announcement

By Laura Wilkes | 09 July 2013

Laura Wilkes from LGiU comments on today's £4.3m funding announcement to extend neighbourhood bud...

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Head of Legal and Democratic Services / Monitoring Officer

09 July 2013

Stratford on Avon District Council - £57,747 - £64,410 plus other benefits

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Cardiff faces up to English style funding cuts

By Jonathan Werran | 09 July 2013

Cardiff Council chiefs must deliver 24% spending cutbacks next year, as Welsh councils adapt to E...

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Survey shows councils are simplifying procurement practices

By Laura Sharman | 08 July 2013

Number of councils adopting different processes for tenders below EU thresholds has increased fro...

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MP Grieve favours Bucks' unitary shift

By Mark Conrad | 08 July 2013

Councils in Buckinghamshire should consider a voluntary move to a unitary model, the Coalition’s ...

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Raise council tax, says Pickles

By Heather Jameson | 04 July 2013

Local authorities are free to raise council tax by as much as they want, according to communities...

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End of the road for Barnett?

By Mark Conrad | 04 July 2013

The abolition of the controversial 1970s Barnett spending formula is one of the headline proposal...

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A new formula for local government

By Heather Jameson | 04 July 2013

For all the naysayers who call on the LGA to do more for local government, LGA conference week is...

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Funding gap widens

By Jonathan Werran | 04 July 2013

Councils face an ever-widening funding gap, which is set to expand from £2.8bn in 2013/14 to £14....

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