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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Lib Dem manifesto commits to local government fiscal freedom

15 April 2015

The Liberal Democrat manifesto has committed the party to delivering greater fiscal freedom for E...

EDUCATION

Lib Dems £2.5bn education funding boost pledge

By Jonathan Werran | 15 April 2015

A promise to find an extra £2.5bn for education funding by 2020 forms the centrepiece of the Libe...

WHITEHALL

The truth about pre-election pledges

By Joe Randall | 14 April 2015

Political parties promise decentralisation, but will they ever yield? Joe Randall sets out four t...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Reviving the election lottery

By Simon Parker | 14 April 2015

Simon Parker argues for the random selection of councillors and peers from the citizenry as a mea...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

A waste of space

By Claire Fox | 14 April 2015

Claire Fox takes aim at local authorities for their zealous and bizarre use of Public Space Prote...

ASSET MANAGEMENT

Right to Buy plans 'don't stack up' experts warn

By Jonathan Werran | 14 April 2015

Housing experts have lined up today to attack Conservative plans to extend the Right to Buy schem...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Local government on frontline of manifesto battleground

By Jonathan Werran | 14 April 2015

The Labour and Conservative party manifestos have drawn electoral battle lines over key local gov...

ELECTIONS

Ukip to field 'record' number of council candidates

By Dan Peters | 13 April 2015

Ukip will mobilise a record 5,000 candidates in 278 local council elections next month, leader Ni...

WHITEHALL

The need for caution

By John Stewart | 09 April 2015

Greater Manchester combined authority’s devolution deal establishes a two-tier system of local go...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Do political parties have a future in local government?

By Professor Steve Leach | 09 April 2015

It would be a healthy democratic development if the major parties were prepared to reconsider the...

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