Opinion - Page 43

By Dr Henry Kippin | 23 October 2024

Last week, the Government produced its Industrial Strategy, but it will need a Budget, devolution...

PLANNING

Building consensus, not just houses

By Imran Hashmi | 21 October 2024

Imran Hashmi of New Local explains why forging a consensual approach to planning begins with empo...

AUTUMN BUDGET

All eyes on the Budget

By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 17 October 2024

The hope is that the Budget may finally mark the beginning of some certainty for local government...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Warm words but little in the way of answers

By Heather Jameson | 17 October 2024

Following the previous government’s focus on levelling up, the new regime is still showing its lo...

INVESTMENT

We might be about to hit a sweet spot on regional growth

By By Zoë Billingham | 17 October 2024

Zoë Billingham says not only do our mayors and local leaders hold many of the levers of growth – ...

AUTUMN BUDGET

Our eight priorities for the Budget

By Louise Gittins | 17 October 2024

The Local Government Association is urging Government to use the Budget and Spending Review to ca...

WORKFORCE

We work hard to make sure we're the best employer we can be

By By Sheila Oxtoby | 17 October 2024

Focusing on staff is critical when financial challenges can often mean investment in them is depr...

FINANCE

On funding, let's not lose sight of the smaller stuff

By By Nicole Wood | 17 October 2024

There are many straightforward changes the Government could make to give councils more freedom to...

PERFORMANCE

Solace, strategy and cash-strapped councils

By Heather Jameson | 17 October 2024

Perhaps the true measure of local government is inclusive growth – the ability to build the prosp...

POLICY AND POLITICS

A mission-led government: The key to tackling regional inequality

By Rob Turner | 17 October 2024

Grant Thornton believes its Missions Index can serve as a tool to foster a common understanding o...

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