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Candid facts for candidates

By John Tizard | 06 May 2014

With the looming local elections next month, John Tizard offers timely advice on how to be a succ...

Tenants' extra?

By Chloe Fletcher | 06 May 2014

Chloe Fletcher takes a look at the impact that welfare reform is having on ALMO tenants

Scrutiny's paying off in Peterborough

By Adrian Chapman | 06 May 2014

Adrian Chapman reports on an innovative scrutiny event which puts welfare reform in the spotlight

Bid to win

By Garry Payne | 06 May 2014

Wyre Council has made sourcing external support priority, a strategy that is paying dividends, ex...

Introducing cost-benefit analysis

By Julian Cox | 30 April 2014

Demand for public services far exceeds funding. Adopting a cost-benefit analysis can both clarify...

In praise of clear communications

By Cormac Smith | 29 April 2014

Cormac Smith describes how public relations can be a universal language and one that can help to ...

Outer City Estates: new towns for the 21st century?

By Martin Yarnit | 24 April 2014

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg’s prospectus for a new wave of strategically sited Garden Cities...

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...

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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...