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Why some councils perform better than others

By Ben Page | 08 January 2014

Why do some councils perform better?

District View: Reasons to be cheerful

By David Buckle | 08 January 2014

A collective cheer went up in the local government community when George Osborne announced his Ne...

Stop grovelling and start fighting back

By David Walker | 08 January 2014

Imagine if, on New Year’s Day, you had woken up to a joint statement by 10 of local government’s ...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Who needs standards anyway?

By Paul Hoey | 08 January 2014

Paul Hoey discusses the need for council transparency amid growing public disquiet over lack of e...

Why Sherlock could never be a local Government manager

08 January 2014

FINANCE

Inside View: The prospects for Whitehall reform

By Jonathan Werran | 07 January 2014

As mandarins return to their desks at the start of the New Year, what are the prospects for White...

Money Matters: The DCLG is silent

By Peter Stuart | 07 January 2014

The Society of District Council Treasurers (SDCT) exists to represent the views of its members to...

Super-hub airports are not the answer

By David Finch | 06 January 2014

The often-fierce debate about aviation capacity was intensified anew by the publication of the Da...

Managing Chaos

06 January 2014

A personal message about our Grandson from Erica and Richard

05 January 2014