With consultation set to close on the fair funding review, Martin Ford looks at the challenges faced by those tasked with ensuring the new system helps struggling councils more than it hinders.
'Fiscal devolution – particularly for council tax – has a lot going for it', says Heather Jameson.
Councils must have more power to control their own affairs - accountable not to Westminster in th...
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Unrest due to breakdowns on social cohesion has been blamed on ‘negligence at the local level’.
A select committee chair has told chancellor Rachel Reeves she is ‘deeply concerned’ over possibl...
Abdool Kara says: 'It’s worth considering how to achieve good governance in the challenging conte...
An end to ‘public shaming’ of councils has helped stem the tide of section 114s, local government...
Experts have urged against wholesale reform of developer contributions despite the flaws within t...
Radical short-term fixes followed by changes in policy are required to shore-up local government ...
The Government is to set out how it will tackle the £6bn special educational needs and disabiliti...
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