MJ Awards: How Merton worked its magic

By Heather Jameson | 16 October 2013

When Merton LBC embarked on a ‘journey to excellence’ it redesigned its operating model to be bus...

MJ Awards: The message in Staffordshire is engagement

16 October 2013

When Staffordshire CC launched its Family First reorganisation it made sure the council's communi...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

New ideas can solve an old problem

By Steven Howell | 16 October 2013

Steven Howell assesses a report examining how local authorities can realistically help promote ec...

FINANCE

Spending Showdown correspondence

16 October 2013

Full exchange of letters between DCLG permanent secretary Sir Bob Kerslake and LGA chief executiv...

HEALTH

Getting the best from public health

By Tom Scanlon | 15 October 2013

If public health integration is going to work anywhere, it should be in a unitary authority with ...

Video: Failure is not an option for Birmingham

By Heather Jameson | 09 October 2013

Birmingham City Council chief executive Stephen Hughes has a neat analogy to explain the forthcom...

FINANCE

Briefing: Party conferences 2013

09 October 2013

The MJ analyses the implications for local government of the party conference season.

The top health performers in England

By John Fisher | 09 October 2013

A guide into how English councils are performing in their new health responsibilities.

Reshuffle - changes at a glance

By Jonathan Werran | 09 October 2013

Find out who's in, who's out, and who's doing what now in the October reshuffle of ministerial ra...

FINANCE

When the party's over

By Jonathan Carr-West | 08 October 2013

As the party conferences close for another year, Dr Jonathan Carr-West considers the growing dist...