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POLICY AND POLITICS
Inquiries ad infinitum
04 October 2023
Labour’s Lord Carter of Coles has been a life peer for almost 20 years so knows how politics works.
INFRASTRUCTURE
Two answers to levelling up – but what's the question?
By Heather Jameson | 04 October 2023
Heather Jameson says set aside the anti-city, anti-local government rhetoric - Rishi Sunak's plan...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Growth battlelines
By Heather Jameson | 03 October 2023
Rishi Sunak has launched a towns plan, while a new report says bringing UK cities up to the produ...
HEALTH
Addressing the mess
By Matthew Taylor | 03 October 2023
Key aspects of our systems of governance are broken, says Matthew Taylor, and radical reform is n...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
A working ecosystem needs a local base
By Professor Graeme Atherton | 03 October 2023
Local authorities are the natural fulcrum for a dynamic, flexible and responsive skills ecosystem...
HEALTH
Party conferences are a golden opportunity for districts
By Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen | 03 October 2023
In party conference season the hope is that collectively councillors can influence their party’s ...
PLANNING
Gove attacks four-day week 'nonsense' in conference speech
By Martin Ford | 03 October 2023
Local government secretary Michael Gove delivered a speech to the Conservative Party Conference l...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Newcastle chief admits corporate plan delay
By Mark Conrad | 03 October 2023
Newcastle City Council’s chief executive has told local spending watchdogs the authority’s overdu...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Chief recruitment halted
By Dan Peters | 02 October 2023
The leaders of Bromsgrove DC and Redditch BC have decided to halt the recruitment process for a n...
WHITEHALL
LGA seeks assessment over mental health withdrawal cost
By Mark Conrad | 02 October 2023
The Local Government Association (LGA) is seeking an assessment of how cash saved when police att...
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