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Soapbox by Paul Wheeler

By Paul Wheeler | 19 March 2014

Long-term outsourcing contracs are causing a needless amount of complexity in local government se...

FINANCE

PluggedIN - Alex Thomson

By Alex Thomson | 19 March 2014

The use of public land has, once more, become an acute issue, with big implicaitons for local gov...

FINANCE

District View by Allen Graham

By Allen Graham | 19 March 2014

Move toward the Single Fraud Investigatory Service is an opportunity for districts to take the le...

Inside View: Chancellor clears decks to boost Tory majority chances

By Jonathan Werran | 18 March 2014

The Treasury made a few public spending announcements last week on areas such as public service p...

FINANCE

A cold case for delivery

By Adam Fineberg | 18 March 2014

Adam Fineberg outlines results of his Labour-commissioned study on providing equally effective pu...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Come together for skills provision

By Tom Stannard | 18 March 2014

Tom Stannard argues councils, colleges and LEPs should build alliances to make most of limited sk...

Step change needed in councils' public accountability

By Paul Dossett | 18 March 2014

The full impact of austerity on public finances is now beginning to be felt.

WHITEHALL

Free and Fair Elections?

By Simon Goacher | 17 March 2014

Simon Goacher asks if postal votes on demand leave the electoral system open to abuse.

Action on social care is needed now

By Sandie Keene | 14 March 2014

You could be forgiven for thinking that the concluding paragraphs of this week’s NAO report into ...

FINANCE

Bin crew award worth taking time to enter

By Iona Smith | 14 March 2014

When considering the role of refuse and recycling collection crews, it is unlikely that there wil...