FINANCE

Let's cash in on teamwork

By Simon Ridley | 06 August 2013

The DCLG’s Simon Ridley discusses how four technical papers will help steer authorities through t...

FINANCE

Breaking down the barriers to integrating local services

By Michael Burton | 31 July 2013

Michael Burton reports on a recent CBI debate on the role of private sector in delivering communi...

FINANCE

Why it's a new era for NLGN

By Heather Jameson | 24 July 2013

As local government takes on unprecedented change, Heather Jameson talks to NLGN chair, Dame Jane...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Doncaster revisited

By Heather Jameson | 24 July 2013

Dogged by controversy as it may be in light of last week's Le Grand report, it's not all bad news...

WHITEHALL

Strengthening local choices

By John Stewart | 12 July 2013

Collective choices will be better handled by local government, argue George Jones and John Stewart.

Spending Review 2013: sector reaction

27 June 2013

Local government leaders and experts respond to yesterday's plans for council budgets in 2015/16.

FINANCE

Labour's plan for tackling welfare reform

By Heather Jameson | 27 June 2013

The Labour Party has put forward its ambitious blueprint for welfare reform on how it plans to pu...

FINANCE

Why now's the time to meet the sector's challenges head-on

By Michael Coughlin | 27 June 2013

Michael Coughlin explains the ever-increasing pressure on councils to deliver more or better for ...

FINANCE

Squaring the circle

By Derrick Johnstone | 11 June 2013

Research for the Alliance for Useful Evidence calls for collaboration to address critical data a...

The Queen's Speech - sector reaction

14 May 2013

Reaction from top local government figures on The Queen's Speech - all in one handy page.