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LGA: Our arguments are finally being heard

By Merrick Cockell | 11 December 2013

If there was one theme of last week’s Autumn Statement for local government, it was that our argu...

Inside View: Autumn Statement a triumph of Orwellian doublethink

By Jonathan Werran | 11 December 2013

General government spending on goods and services could fall to its lowest level as a share of na...

Newcastle's alcohol journey

10 December 2013

How to cut council tax and improve services

By Nicholas Botterill | 10 December 2013

This week Hammersmith and Fulham LBC proposed another 3% cut to our council tax bill.

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

What price independent living?

By Deborah Stephenson | 10 December 2013

Unpredictable approach of local authorities to applying bedroom tax is a cause of concern, write...

FINANCE

Adult social care top of council agendas

By Tim Byles | 09 December 2013

The When I was One quote neatly sums up the instinctive feeling of many.

The passing of a giant

09 December 2013

We must use headroom given by Autumn Statement

By Jeremy Cooper | 09 December 2013

Local government must use brief breathing space to innovate ahead of deeper funding cuts, writes ...

'Beautiful irony in NAO report'

By Heather Jameson | 05 December 2013

There is a beautiful irony in the report from the National Audit Office (NAO) on troubled familie...

FINANCE

Investing in good governance

By Mark Rogers | 04 December 2013

As Lord Heseltine advocates scrapping chief executives, Mark Rogers claims good governance only c...