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FINANCE
Council tax hikes won't be enough, Hunt warned
By Martin Ford | 16 November 2022
Council tax rises alone will not be enough to bridge the gaping budget shortfalls faced by local ...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
National leadership has failed
By Polly Lord | 01 November 2022
Polly Lord says it is councils (again) who are stepping up to lead through the current crisis and...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
New bullying policy for criticised council
By Martin Ford | 31 October 2022
A council is expected to overhaul its anti-bullying procedures after accusations of officers exer...
WHITEHALL
Devolution not enough to fix governance, say MPs
By Heather Jameson | 31 October 2022
Governance in England is not fit for purpose and devolution plans are not enough to fix the probl...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Belfast to consider citizens' assembly on Irish unity
By Paul Marinko | 27 October 2022
The authority’s full council will consider the proposal after Sinn Fein reportedly tabled the mot...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Left or right is of less interest to a chief executive than 'hands on or hands off'
By Blair McPherson | 24 October 2022
The party in power in a council is less important to a chief executive than the extent to which m...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Borough opts for a return to committees
By Paul Marinko | 18 October 2022
West Lancashire BC is the latest council to plump for a return of the committee system.
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
COSLA and unions oppose centralising care plans
By Dan Peters | 12 October 2022
Unions have joined with the body representing Scottish councils to call for a reversal of care ce...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Unitaries are not an everywhere panacea
By Richard Stokoe | 04 October 2022
Based on his experience of living in Cornwall, Richard Stokoe concludes the current rural unitary...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Devolution's big democratic deficit
04 October 2022
George Thorley says that, while there have been significant positive constitutional changes in Sc...
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Director of Customer, Digital and Corporate Strategy
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