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FINANCE

Poorest won't benefit from PM's housing takeover

By Sam Clayden | 04 January 2016

The prime minister’s plans to seize control of house building in parts of the country would not c...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Devo bill ignites talks

By Sam Clayden | 16 December 2015

A wave of talks on reorganisation has been sparked by government amendments to the Cities and Loc...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Fiscal devolution 'must go further'

By Dan Peters | 15 December 2015

The devolution of fiscal powers must go further in order to create a sustainable system of local ...

BUSINESS

Pension fund backs £40m Glasgow retail park

08 December 2015

Work has begun on the second phase of a £40m retail park funded by a local government pension sch...

FINANCE

United we stand

By Susan Martin | 25 November 2015

Susan Martin believes that by having a collective voice the issue of local government pensions is...

PLANNING

Spending Review: Annual housing budget doubled to £2bn

By Laura Sharman | 25 November 2015

The country’s ‘biggest affordable house building programme since the 1970s’ has been unveiled in ...

WHITEHALL

Spending Review: Transport major plank of Osborne's spending plans

By Dominic Browne | 25 November 2015

Chancellor George Osborne made transport investment a major plank of his spending plans once agai...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Whitehall attitude like 'Soviet Politburo'

By Dan Peters | 20 November 2015

Central government’s refusal to release control over local economies has been compared to the att...

PLANNING

Wavering Waveney

19 November 2015

This week’s strange but true tale of rock and roll colliding with local government comes from the...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Business leaders want councils to have more powers

By MJ reporter | 17 November 2015

Business owners have backed plans to give councils more powers, despite many of them saying they ...

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Head of Democratic Services, Elections & Monitoring Officer

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