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WHITEHALL
Local government loses 'strongest advocate' Rowsell
By Martin Ford | 22 March 2024
Tributes have been paid across the local government sector following the sudden death of Paul Row...
FINANCE
Wanted: fiscal reform not fiscal frustration
By Heather Jameson | 20 March 2024
'To bemoan any Government’s inability to take difficult political decisions when it has been in p...
FINANCE
Let's start the debate on what the nation wants councils to do
By Cllr Martin Tett | 08 March 2024
Local government cannot go on delivering more and more for less and less, says leader of Buckingh...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Audit Commission fears continue to haunt Oflog
By Dan Peters | 26 February 2024
A senior sector figure has expressed concerns about the Office for Local Government’s (Oflog) dir...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
The search for the Holy Grail of growth
By Michael Burton | 19 February 2024
In an exclusive interview, Lord Heseltine, the longstanding advocate of elected mayors, tells Mic...
SOCIAL CARE
Government 'stands ready to speak' to any council on funding
By Simon Hoare | 18 December 2023
Local government minister Simon Hoare says the provisional Local Government Finance Settlement de...
REORGANISATION
Five unitaries moot devolution deal
By Martin Ford | 18 December 2023
A ‘non-binding expression of interest’ is expected to be submitted to the Government in February.
FINANCE
Sector unites in plea to chancellor
By Martin Ford | 22 November 2023
The local government sector in England has put out a call to Jeremy Hunt to ‘address the signific...
REORGANISATION
Councils moved through crisis with warmth and grace
By Mo Baines | 08 November 2023
Local government’s regulatory decision-making framework may often be perceived by those outside o...
PLANNING
A Bill to drive innovation and local accountability
By Rebecca Gilbert | 12 October 2023
With the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill going through its final parliamentary stages, Tiffany...
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