FINANCE

Shocked… but not surprised

By Jonathan Carr-West | 04 September 2023

Dr Jonathan Carr-West remains shocked at the state of local government finance, but it is no long...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Optimistic nihilism

By Jonathan Carr-West | 04 July 2023

It feels like local government is close to breaking point, but it doesn’t have to be this way, sa...

SOLACE

The truth about council failures

By Paul Marinko | 19 June 2023

As the sorry saga of financial failures at the likes of Woking BC and Thurrock Council continues ...

ELECTIONS

An out-of-the-ordinary election

By Jonathan Carr-West | 09 May 2023

Jonathan Carr-West says successive administrations have weakened local government: starving it of...

LGIU

Local government resilience will continue to be needed

By Justin Galliford | 18 April 2023

Norse CEO Justin Galliford looks at the lessons from two recent reports on the state of local gov...

ELECTIONS

Election fever

By Jonathan Carr-West | 14 March 2023

For the first time polling station staff will be faced with having to turn people away and not le...

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES

Levelling Up Fund under fire

By Martin Ford | 19 January 2023

Councils have demanded a new way of funding the sector following the announcement of the Levellin...

FINANCE

The political campaign starts now

By Jonathan Carr-West | 09 January 2023

The looming General Election means we’re unlikely to see radical progress in social care, local g...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Think global, act local on climate change

By Jonathan Carr-West | 16 November 2022

As the UK’s COP presidency draws to a close, Dr Jonathan Carr-West claims there is too much focus...

COUNCIL TAX

Local response to crisis offers some hope

By Jonathan Carr-West | 26 October 2022

Dr Jonathan Carr-West says financially vulnerable councils are providing heroic levels of support...

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