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CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND ACCOUNTANCY

Commercial property: Taxpayers are being sold short

28 November 2018

 The economic rationale for the ‘commercial councils’ agenda is filling the austerity hole in the...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Brexit: The English Question

By Charlotte Morgan | 28 November 2018

What of England? The progress James Brokenshire has made to engage with local government on Brexi...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

A vision for growth

By Frank Jordan | 27 November 2018

Cheshire East Council’s focus must be on both delivering affordable housing and supporting furthe...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Lord Bourne urges bids for Windrush Day events cash

By Lord Bourne | 22 November 2018

As the MHCLG launches a £500,000 fund to support councils and community groups in putting on even...

EUROPEAN UNION

This constant parade of Northern leaders to where power really is symbolises what needs to change

By Jonathan Werran | 21 November 2018

The endless parade of local leaders on pilgrimage to London to secure benefits for their areas sy...

FINANCE

Crunching those numbers in super-quick time

By Adele Taylor | 21 November 2018

The skill finance teams need in their DNA is 'to be able to do that quick and dirty analysis almo...

COMMERCIALISM

Embedding commercialisation

By Anthony Roche | 21 November 2018

When making commercialisation part of your organisation, Anthony Roche of North Hertfordshire DC ...

FINANCE

Ambition that goes beyond Essex

By Debbie Knopp | 21 November 2018

At Essex CC, the focus has been on commercialisation to achieve an ambitious target of £5m of sus...

FINANCE

Let's explore obvious ways of reducing uncertainty

By Abdul Kara | 21 November 2018

Searching for certainty in an uncertain world may be a fool's errand, according to Abdool Kara. B...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Communities need the place-shaping we excel at

By Lawrence Conway | 21 November 2018

Local government hasn't lost its mojo, says Lawrence Conway. Now must be the time when its role i...