Anne Baldwin looks back to the time when women were first allowed to stand in London local electi...
A new initiative involves real people acting as ‘books’ in their local libraries, with the public...
Abdool Kara tries to get to the bottom of 'localism' and better services
By creating a new style of legal services department in Kent, Geoff Wild has managed to provide a...
Bill Taylor on the importance of effective top teams in the downturn
Kirsty Cole, a former president of the local government lawyers’ body, gives her own views on the...
The Audit Commission has launched a frantic damage-limitation exercise to counter claims it hired...
Ben Ticehurst describes how his council managed to deliver £24m in cash savings in three years, b...
The LGA has issued its own comments on what shape the inspectorates could take. Michael Burton lo...