Opinion - Page 33

By Zoë Billingham | 17 December 2024

All the Government's proposals due by the end of this year add up to significant change for place...

FUNDING

Districts punch well above their weight

By Gill Kneller | 17 December 2024

Compared to the overwhelming funding issues surrounding social care, district budgets might feel ...

DEVOLUTION

Devolution is Labour's unfinished business

By Michael Burton | 17 December 2024

An empowered and efficient local government has always been seen by Labour as a key driver for re...

HOUSING

Housing: Time to talk to councils

By Trevor Scott | 17 December 2024

If local government is truly the valued and equal partner of government, it’s crucial to have a c...

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Only resilience will fix the foundations

By Neil McInroy | 17 December 2024

If the UK government is to truly fix the foundations of the economy, it is going to have to consi...

DEVOLUTION

A white paper for continuity devolution

By Jonathan Werran | 16 December 2024

The ambitions of the English Devolution White Paper will need a decade of renewal rather than a s...

LOCAL AUDIT

The recovery of local audit: the hard bit is to come

By Mark Stocks | 16 December 2024

Mark Stocks sets out how local assurance needs to be rebuilt to make recovery a reality.

SIGOMA

Fair Funding Review is a golden opportunity to fix finance system

By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 16 December 2024

Council tax equalisation – a ‘reset’ in the system - would offset a decade of mismatched funding ...

REORGANISATION

Happy Birthday district councils

By Colin Copus | 16 December 2024

Devolution does not need wasteful, time consuming and expensive reorganisation, argue Colin Copus...

LONDON COUNCILS

Improving the delivery of warmer and greener homes in London

By Alison Griffin | 12 December 2024

The need to create warmer and more energy efficient housing in London has led to greater collabor...

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