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FINANCE

District View by Paul Lankester

By Paul Lankester | 24 July 2013

The public sector and its costs to taxpayers have long been under the microscope.

BUSINESS

PluggedIN by Cormac Smith

By Cormac Smith | 24 July 2013

Head of communications at Basildon Council and chairman of LG Comms on the importance of strategy.

FINANCE

Soapbox by Simon Parker

By Simon Parker | 24 July 2013

Eric Pickles should ready the pearl-handled revolver he claims is awaiting the first person to me...

FINANCE

Facing the facts on welfare

By Bob Neill | 24 July 2013

With the household benefit cap in full swing, Bob Neill looks at the benefits to be drawn on refo...

WHITEHALL

Whitehall Inside View - There Will Be Blood

By Jonathan Werran | 23 July 2013

Rumours David Cameron wants a new civil service head belie the institutional revolution underpinn...

Understanding the changes to the Social Fund and the new local welfare assistance schemes

22 July 2013

Doncaster's back in the bad books

By Heather Jameson | 19 July 2013

Heather Jameson on Doncaster being back in the bad books of central government.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

A single pot or a patchwork quilt?

By Michael Burton | 19 July 2013

Ministers cannot resist the temptation to keep creating new entities that further sub-divide loca...

Response to Our Place! Funding announcement

18 July 2013

FINANCE

Plugged In

By Alex Thomson | 18 July 2013

The mood at the LGA conference seemed to me to be reasonably upbeat – which is perhaps surprising...