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LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Rising to the election challenge

By David Buckle | 14 April 2015

This year's set of elections are the most complex ever, with parish, district and parliamentary s...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Reviving the election lottery

By Simon Parker | 14 April 2015

Simon Parker argues for the random selection of councillors and peers from the citizenry as a mea...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

A waste of space

By Claire Fox | 14 April 2015

Claire Fox takes aim at local authorities for their zealous and bizarre use of Public Space Prote...

SOCIAL CARE

Learn to dance in the rain

By David Pearson | 14 April 2015

A bolder strategy is required to ensure that our health and social care services can respond appr...

FINANCE

How do we share the best of our innovation?

By Dr Andrew Larner | 13 April 2015

Andrew Larner explains why pooling knowledge is going to be key to public reform

Voters' appetite for austerity has diminished

By Michael Burton | 09 April 2015

A few months ago there were predictions that the next Parliament would be a Parliament of Pain bu...

FINANCE

Freedom of choice?

By Dan Corry | 09 April 2015

Overcoming restrictive public sector procurement rules to successfully partner with voluntary and...

WHITEHALL

Clubbable councils

By Andrew Muter | 09 April 2015

Creation of a Combined Authority is a matter of building trust through the investment of time and...

FINANCE

Cuts may be less under coalition

By Alex Thomson | 09 April 2015

Another stint of multi-party government could well prove a great benefit and source of empowermen...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Looking to the future

By Alison O’Sullivan | 09 April 2015

Alison O’Sullivan outlines her immediate hopes and targets as she takes up her role as president ...