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FINANCE
Will the lights go out locally?
17 May 2024
Max Mosley examines the perfect storm that destroyed local government finances and looks at what ...
FINANCE
LGA: Care Act hope has faded
By Dan Peters | 14 May 2024
Only around two thirds of councils are confident of being able to meet all their legal duties und...
WHITEHALL
Fresh local government cuts warning
14 May 2024
Government commitments mean real-terms cuts will have to be made to the Department for Levelling ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Tackling the challenge of Germany's far right
13 May 2024
Ed Turner examines Germany’s growing far right in local and regional government, the factors that...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
New extremes
By Mike Bennett | 13 May 2024
Mike Bennett reflects on Solace’s response to the 2006 challenge posed by the election of extrem...
WHITEHALL
Mandatory reporting exemptions a 'fudge'
By Mark Conrad | 13 May 2024
Ministers’ decision to exempt instances of child abuse from a new reporting law means they have d...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Mayors meet to hear growth plans
By Martin Ford | 13 May 2024
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has summoned his party’s newly-elected mayors for a meeting to det...
WHITEHALL
National Insurance devolution call
By Dan Peters | 10 May 2024
A ‘small share’ of around 5% of locally-generated National Insurance (NI) revenue should be devol...
FINANCE
Fresh Right to Buy devolution call
By Mark Conrad | 10 May 2024
Calls to devolve England’s Right to Buy policy are gathering momentum, with a centre-left think-t...
ELECTIONS
After the election, beware of needless reshuffles
By Heather Jameson | 07 May 2024
Heather Jameson says senior council officers now face a new challenge: 'turning towards new, ener...
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