A brightly-coloured ‘heat map’ which claims to show levels of local council spending is inaccurat...
Giving people a direct say in setting budget priorities could help deliver better services, sugge...
Localist funding initiatives can pave the way for faster and cheaper ways of delivering vital inf...
Steve Bundred warns that having approved budget cuts, many councils now have the even more diffic...
Chris Wade looks at the Localism Bill's approach to creating dividends from development.
We need to cherish our libraries for their books – not as fashionable ‘chill out zones’, says Cla...
If Scotland is to be given devolved tax powers, why not give similar powers to our big city-regio...
Can councils really become part of the information flow of a networked society? They should be, a...
The public service landscape is changing rapidly and the private sector needs to respond accordin...
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has endorsed outline proposals for a Big Society Bank. Mich...
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