Policy-and-politics - Page 280

By Professor Colin Copus | 17 March 2015

Committed localists will keep an eye on the Rotherham result on 8 May for what it will tell us ab...

FINANCE

Delivering for tough times

By Peter Thomas | 17 March 2015

Peter Thomas explains how Haringey LBC became the first council to adopt Number 10’s widely copie...

FINANCE

Keeping score

By John Healey | 17 March 2015

In his last Viewpoint before the May general election, former housing minister John Healey assess...

BUSINESS

Elected mayor is a boon for Bristol, say academics

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 March 2015

Having a directly elected mayor has led to more visible leadership in Bristol, according to a new...

HEALTH

Things are pretty grim for pensioners

By Andrew Kaye | 12 March 2015

Pensioners risk being condemned to the most miserable existence now cuts to crucial care and othe...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Council chiefs in low stakes plea

By Jonathan Werran | 12 March 2015

Council chiefs have written to the leaders of the main political parties demanding manifesto comm...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Report warns councillors not to meddle in operational affairs

By Dan Peters | 10 March 2015

Officers at Portsmouth City Council (PCC) have ‘often felt under pressure to write reports that t...

BUSINESS

LGA needs to 'get its finger out'

By Heather Jameson | 10 March 2015

The true test of the Local Government Association (LGA) will be how it responds to its peer revie...

SOCIAL CARE

Care Act will bring legal challenges, councils are warned

By Dan Peters | 10 March 2015

A local government lawyer has warned that councils could be exposed to legal challenges when the ...

HUMOUR

Gnome revolution

10 March 2015

The political thought and belief of Karl Marx has had a profound impact on world history.

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