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FINANCE
Expect the unexpected
By Andrew Burns | 17 May 2016
Change is always on the agenda for local government but financial sustainability takes hard work....
ENVIRONMENT
A sense of place
By Nicola Bulbeck | 17 May 2016
Perception of place is crucial. Nicola Bulbeck explains how district work has reviewed procedures...
ELECTIONS
All a matter of perception
By Alex Thomson | 17 May 2016
Alex Thomson examines the metro mayor elections set for 2017 and asks whether the races can shift...
FINANCE
Home is where the heart is
By Paul O'Brien | 17 May 2016
Paul O’Brien says that while the Housing and Planning Act will bring in ‘hugely flawed’ reforms, ...
FINANCE
The great political balancing act
By Heather Jameson | 11 May 2016
Heather Jameson says the big political shake-up to come out of the local elections has to be the ...
FINANCE
Making a case for the precept
By Iain MacBeath | 11 May 2016
Iain MacBeath explains Hertfordshire CC’s decision to deploy a 2% social care precept amid mounti...
FINANCE
Devolution requires a strong local media – and there is none
By Michael Burton | 11 May 2016
With local media in dire straits, Michael Burton says devolution could lose out on the level of s...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Every strong mayor has a good council
By Alexandra Jones | 11 May 2016
Alexandra Jones says robust relationships between councils and metro mayors is all the more cruci...
HEALTH
Time is right for districts
By Allen Graham | 11 May 2016
With so much now at stake, Allen Graham says districts must be fully engaged with devolution, bus...
WHITEHALL
Lines in the sand
By Simon Parker | 11 May 2016
Simon Parker argues that a Brexit would require a huge devolution of power to local government an...
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