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DIGITAL

A drive on digitising

By Greg Thomas | 02 August 2016

Councils must recognise that digitising public services is the key to engaged communities, says G...

FINANCE

Invest to save on sector-led improvement

By Heather Jameson | 28 July 2016

The cost of failure has never been higher for local government but a clear path to improvement is...

FINANCE

Invest to save on sector-led improvement

By Heather Jameson | 27 July 2016

The Institute for Government’s report this week on public service failures raises some interestin...

Winds of change

By Paul Wheeler | 27 July 2016

Metro mayor elections in 2017 could deliver some surprise results unless politicians learn lesson...

FINANCE

Restoring balance on spending

By Simon Parker | 27 July 2016

Brexit means Britain must rethink its approach to regional spending and business rates retention ...

FINANCE

A job for the local

By Andrew Muter | 27 July 2016

Local government has done impressive work in the eight years since the financial crash. Andrew Mu...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Not a laughing matter?

By Abdool Kara | 27 July 2016

Abdool Kara says the Government's approach to house building has echoes of 16th century 'Humorism'

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Harold Bodmer: A tribute

By Anne Gibson | 22 July 2016

I cried myself to sleep, overwhelmed by the sudden and tragic death of my very dear friend and co...

FINANCE

Spheres for tiers

By Abby Gilbert | 20 July 2016

Abby Gilbert discusses the findings of new NLGN research into whether the ‘devolution revolution’...

LEGAL

Relinquish your power

By Claire Fox | 20 July 2016

Claire Fox says the time is right for local government to lead the charge against its own Public ...