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Crisis what crisis

25 February 2014

To make real change, we need a new approach

By Sue Derbyshire | 24 February 2014

In Stockport and Greater Manchester we are very supportive of the public service reform agenda.

The time is right to have the debate about local services

By Jason Kitcat | 21 February 2014

'I had no idea how much it cost to keep the city running,' said a business owner at a recent budg...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

We need local solutions to the UK housing crisis

By Andrew Walker | 21 February 2014

Only local authorities can co-ordinate building of places people want to live in, argues LGiU's A...

Questions start to flow at full Council

20 February 2014

Why we must open up the Liverpool Direct relationship with Lancashire

20 February 2014

Why we must open up the Liverpool Direct relationship with Lancashire

20 February 2014

Greatest challenges of welfare reform still to come

By Paul Dossett | 20 February 2014

It is too early to say what the full impact of welfare reform will be and whether or not it will ...

Fiscal devolution is all about the political will

By Heather Jameson | 20 February 2014

Last week the New Local Government Network conference convened at the Magic Circle in central Lon...

FINANCE

Right to Buy stops councils building homes

By Paul Wheeler | 19 February 2014

For many with fond memories of the 1950s it is good news that many councils have announced their ...