Nothing to prove

By Kersten England | 24 April 2014

Combined authorities shouldn’t have to play the ‘earned autonomy’ game and await Whitehall’s judg...

Councils fire up their synapses

By Jonathan Carr-West | 23 April 2014

Public services must act as conduit across which social action can travel, writes Dr Jonathan Car...

FINANCE

Aiming for the endgame

By Jonathan Werran | 15 April 2014

The final Queen’s Speech of the current five-year fixed-term Parliament will be delivered on 3 Ju...

FINANCE

Playing the co-operation game

By Jon Ainger | 15 April 2014

Jon Ainger argues that ‘game theory’ evidence of recent local government leadership trends and tr...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Have a go, heroes

By Jackie Sadek | 15 April 2014

Jackie Sadek, newly-appointed policy adviser to cities minister Greg Clark, outlines the next ste...

FINANCE

Campaign for Fiscal Freedom

By MJ reporter | 11 April 2014

The MJ has launched a campaign, calling on the Government to give councils more financial freedoms.

FINANCE

Cost Benefit Analysis - how it works

By Julian Cox | 10 April 2014

Julian Cox outlines the new Government-approved methodology for assessing Transformation Challeng...

FINANCE

Why cutting care is bad for Britain

By MJ Correspondent | 10 April 2014

Dan Peters reports on the dangers inherent in integrating social care with healthcare, removing t...

HEALTH

Children in an age of austerity

By Chris Dearden | 09 April 2014

The Welfare Reform Act 2012 introduced the biggest changes to state welfare in the history of its...

FINANCE

Let's make a deal

By John O’Brien | 09 April 2014

Councils have found common ground in identifying fiscal autonomy and a focus on integration as th...