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Open for scrutiny

By Barrie Morris | 07 July 2014

Barrie Morris and Jessica Crowe explain the 'Raising the stakes' paper on better local financial...

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The future is all about collaboration between tiers

By Mike Wallace | 04 July 2014

Where should county and district two-tier working go next?

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Why Wilson and Heath have been airbrushed from history

By Michael Burton | 04 July 2014

The late prime ministers Harold Wilson and Edward Heath dominated UK politics as adversaries for ...

Inside View: Telling contrasts between central and local government

By Jonathan Werran | 04 July 2014

Governments have always sought to avoid excessive scrutiny by the executive.

Skills to grow

By Alexandra Jones | 03 July 2014

Centre for Cities chief executive Alexandra Jones outlines the help local authorities need to off...

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Keep party politics out of our message

By Sir Merrick Cockell | 03 July 2014

Sir Merrick Cockell reflects on his accomplishments as chairman of the Local Government Associati...

PluggedIn - Paul O'Brien

By Paul O'Brien | 03 July 2014

APSE chief executive on the importance of ethics and reclaiming local democracy to improved servi...

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Centralisation just doesn't work

By Heather Jameson | 03 July 2014

Suddenly it seems all the political heavyweights have had an epiphany about devolution.

Soapbox by Simon Parker

By Simon Parker | 03 July 2014

NLGN director on how the evolving customer service revolution could lead to peer-led public servi...

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Hit the north

By David Walker | 03 July 2014

Local government should put its many problems to one side and support the chancellor's enthusiasm...