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Getting social value from contracts

By Jonathan Brookes | 13 September 2013

Editor's comment: Conferences and those pesky elections

By Heather Jameson | 12 September 2013

Autumn must surely be on its way, which means only one thing – party conference season is here.

'Parish councils are good for residents'

By Ken Browse | 12 September 2013

Chairman of the National Association of Local Councils (NALC) Cllr Ken Browse on why we need more...

FINANCE

Stripping counties of cash is 'unfair'

By David Hodge | 12 September 2013

County councils have always shared the Government’s aim of building the new homes our communities...

House Proud: how councils can raise standards in the private rented sector

12 September 2013

Director's chair: The decline of local media

By Michael Burton | 11 September 2013

Latest readership figures for major regional papers show the pace of circulation decline is quick...

Inside View: Whitehall reform doomed to success?

By Jonathan Werran | 11 September 2013

Among mandarins of an earlier generation any unworkable Government policy that had to be seen to ...

A taxing season

By David Walker | 11 September 2013

David Walker casts a critical eye over the policies and issues that have defined Eric Pickles’ su...

SoapBOX by Martin Reeves

By Martin Reeves | 11 September 2013

Council chiefs must lead by example in setting the tone for successful peer reviews and sector-le...

PluggedIN by Cormac Smith

11 September 2013

More effective and more honest strategic communication is vital to regaining public trust, writes...