ECONOMIC GROWTH

The 'Big Easy'

05 July 2011

Barnet has now developed a set of practical tools to make a local reality of the Big Society, say...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

What ministers really mean in the Localism Bill

By Mark Fletcher | 30 June 2011

If ministers were being honest what would a Localism Bill really look like? Mark Fletcher imagine...

FINANCE

Facing up to the pensions challenge

By Bob Neill | 30 June 2011

Reform of the local government pension scheme is essential and overdue, but it also has to be bot...

What next for community budgets?

By Heather Jameson | 29 June 2011

Decentralisation minister, Greg Clark,joined chief executives for an exclusive roundtable discuss...

WHITEHALL

Inside View: Keeping a lid on it

By Mark Conrad | 29 June 2011

Mark Conrad looks at how there is little escape for the public sector from the glare of public sc...

FINANCE

Shock of the new

By Dermott Calpin | 29 June 2011

Cost, cuts and the future of audit along with a planned radical overhaul of public services all f...

ENVIRONMENT

Waste not, want not

By Dermott Calpin | 22 June 2011

Councils will not be forced to make weekly bin collections, but ministers do want more recycling ...

FINANCE

Shared benefits

21 June 2011

By sharing services and working closely together two rural districts have achieved significant sa...

FINANCE

Forged by a baptism of fire

21 June 2011

Local government has gone through one of the most challenging periods in its history, LGA retired...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Cities state their case

By Alexandra Jones | 21 June 2011

Directly elected mayors will need far greater powers if they are to realise their full potential,...