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Councils urge overhaul of academies funding

By Dermott Calpin | 19 October 2011

Ministers should cut the ‘red tape’ on the funding of academies and let councils take charge in a...

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The power to charge for services

By Paul O'Brien | 18 October 2011

Paul O'Brien says that in these cash-strapped times councils should not forget their ability to b...

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New ways of modernising libraries

By Eric Bohl | 18 October 2011

Eric Bohl says libraries don't feel the need to feel they are living on borrowed time with a whol...

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Public behaviour and efficiency

By Kieran Stigant | 18 October 2011

Warren Hatter and Kieran Stigant look at how West Sussex CC is learning how to encourage changes ...

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Councils must embrace risks of community involvement, report urges

By Jonathan Werran | 12 October 2011

Failure to embrace risk may destroy opportunities to win community involvement in running local s...

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Money Matters

By Alison Scott | 12 October 2011

The unusually mild autumn may make Christmas and the annual budget-setting process seem way off, ...

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How to use tax increment finance

By Mark Simpson | 12 October 2011

Christopher Brigstocke and Mark Simpson believe councils need to get maximum value on Tax Increme...

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Town hall pension funds seek News Corp changes

By Mark Conrad | 12 October 2011

The campaigning MP behind the investigation into phone hacking has backed a council-led initiati...

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Councils win access to huge EU structural funds

12 October 2011

Councils have secured access to billions of pounds in EU structural funds for the next seven years.

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Councils must act to become community leaders

By Mark Cook | 11 October 2011

John Tizard and Mark Cook say that local authorities should prove their worth as community leaders.

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Principal Lawyer Litigation and Housing

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Kirklees Metropolitan Council

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