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FINANCE
We don't need a Lyons' 2.0
By Annabel Smith | 06 March 2024
With the seminal 2007 Lyons Review in focus, Ben Franklin and Annabel Smith look at why place-sha...
FINANCE
Daring to be bold
By Piali Das Gupta | 06 March 2024
The MJ’s series on building a new vision for local government, drawing from the 2007 Lyons Review...
FINANCE
Shifting the dial on moral hazard
By Robert Weaver | 06 March 2024
Robert Weaver looks at the extent to which moral hazard and non-financial risks need to be unders...
FINANCE
'Scorched earth' Budget likely to offer little for local government
By Heather Jameson | 06 March 2024
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is expected to unveil a ‘scorched earth’ Budget today, slashing National I...
FINANCE
Making economic development a statutory duty for councils would be a rare win-win
By Abdool Kara | 06 March 2024
The sector wants to make economic development services a statutory duty for councils. Abdool Kara...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Local investment can reap national rewards
By Sir Bob Neill | 06 March 2024
Sir Bob Neill feels the Budget was an opportunity to provide financial aid for councils, which in...
ASSET MANAGEMENT
Selling the family silver is a mistake
By Rob Whiteman | 06 March 2024
The Government is Incentivising councils to sell off publicly-owned assets, 'but these flexibilit...
FINANCE
Easing finances creates perverse incentives for failure
By Heather Jameson | 06 March 2024
Capitalisation directions reward councils that are financially failing with the ability to raise ...
WHITEHALL
Craig's call for asylum change
By Mark Conrad | 05 March 2024
Manchester City Council’s leader has urged Whitehall to implement ‘simple changes’ to asylum poli...
WELFARE
Chancellor needs to show compassion to most vulnerable
By Cllr Elizabeth Campbell | 05 March 2024
Tomorrow’s Budget provides an opportunity for the chancellor to protect those most in need of fin...
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