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Fat chance of a reasoned debate

By Claire Fox | 08 May 2014

Claire Fox lays in to the flawed and patronising thinking of national and local leaders in the gr...

Inside View: When the proverbial hits the fan

By Jonathan Werran | 08 May 2014

Margaret Hodge, chair of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), has been influential in bringing mu...

Why has no left of centre party attracted support like UKIP?

By Michael Burton | 08 May 2014

Michael Burton asks why Farage's followers are making all the runnning getting the anti-capitalis...

All is not lost for public sector transformation

By Heather Jameson | 08 May 2014

The sector awoke on Wednesday to the news the Better Care Fund had apparently been halted amid gr...

District View by Steve Atkinson

By Steve Atkinson | 08 May 2014

Hinckley and Bosworth BC chief on what's at stake for districts in managing the risks and rewards...

PluggedIN - Alex Thomson

By Alex Thomson | 08 May 2014

Localis chief joins the dots between football, local government and transparency.

Outsourcing children's services will come at heavy cost

By Helga Pile | 07 May 2014

Supporting links between cities, universities and high-growth firms

By Ed Clarke | 07 May 2014

Ed Clarke outlines the main ways local authorities can best broker links between universities and...

It's not all about the money

By Heather Jameson | 01 May 2014

It is all too easy to be fixated with finances in local government – or lack of them at least – w...

Political cost of Lib Dems' broken tuition fees promise incalculable

By Jonathan Werran | 01 May 2014

Paul Johnson, director of economics think-tank the IFS, has accused chancellor George Osborne of ...