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WHITEHALL
Unitary 'mayhem' has failed to arrive thus far
By Ben Page | 30 September 2020
The public may care often care a lot about key local services but aren't so interested in the str...
BUSINESS RATES
Central government needs to stand back
By Jonathan Carr-West | 30 September 2020
Dr Jonathan Carr-West asks if anyone has any sense of a sustained strategic focus on tackling the...
FINANCE
Things will be moving quicker than ever on budgets
By Adele Taylor | 30 September 2020
'Our medium-term financial planning is just that, a plan with many moving parts', says Adele Tayl...
SOCIAL CARE
Get local government into the room – before decisions are made
By Heather Jameson | 30 September 2020
Local government is far from perfect, says Heather Jameson. 'And that is before you consider the ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Keeping tourism going in the face of the unknowns
By Sheila Oxtoby | 29 September 2020
Sheila Oxtoby outlines the challenge of 'encouraging businesses to remain positive and continue t...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Engage some of the pandemic's casualties in a more locally-based recovery
By Paul O’Brien | 29 September 2020
The upcoming comprehensive spending review represents a great opportunity for ministers to show ...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
The LGA 'can and should do better' on standards
By Donald Graham | 29 September 2020
The Local Government Association’s draft member code of conduct does not include an independent m...
NEW LOCAL
'Devolve to Resolve' the jobs and skills challenge
By Charlotte Morgan | 29 September 2020
Powers and budgets for post-16 employment and skills development policy should be unconditionally...
PLANNING
Any further loosening of planning laws would be a disaster for towns and cities
By Cllr Faisal Rana | 28 September 2020
Cllr Faisal Rana of Rochdale MBC argues that the government's planning White Paper will have a de...
SKILLS
Supporting young workers with SEND through the crisis
By Claire Cookson | 25 September 2020
Claire Cookson discusses how young people with learning disabilities have stepped into key worker...
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