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LOCAL ECONOMIES
Taking back control
By Sarah Longlands | 01 July 2026
Is Burnham’s vision of the productive state a licence for local government to take back control, asks Sarah Longlands.
FINANCE
What England can learn from Japan's approach to local government finance
By Naoki Fujiwara | 04 June 2026
Consideration of Japan’s approach to local government funding suggests possibilities for doing th...
FINANCE
Fair Funding: Have rural councils in England really lost out?
By Gabriel Stewart | 26 May 2026
When it comes to spending power, exclusive Institute for Fiscal Studies’ analysis has found fundi...
POLICY AND POLITICS
The public will accept straight talk from politicians so long as there is a rationale
By Michael Burton | 20 May 2026
By claiming the public could have both high public spending and low taxes, the main parties opene...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
EXCLUSIVE: LGA to privately lobby ministers over neighbourhoods' drive
By Dan Peters | 16 April 2026
Local government is to privately lobby ministers over their neighbourhoods’ drive, including Whit...
POLITICS
Labour Together says 'big bang' package repairs the contract between councils and residents
By Dan Mead | 08 April 2026
Ahead of the May elections, Labour Together has set out a ‘big bang’ package it says will repair ...
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
A North Star guiding tough decision making
By Cllr Caroline Woodley | 02 April 2026
By embedding an anti-racist and anti-discriminatory mindset into commissioning, procurement, and ...
FINANCE
The process for fiscal devolution is clear and the deadline is real
By Mike Emmerich | 20 March 2026
Mike Emmerich says that while much remains unresolved, the Chancellor’s proposition to give local...
SIGOMA
There's no short cuts on the long road to recovery
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 11 February 2026
SIGOMA strongly backs the Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods’ call for urgent action to sup...
REORGANISATION
What LGR means for the workers
By Heather Jameson | 26 January 2026
Local government reorganisation (LGR) is not all about the structures and politics – what about t...
FINANCE
Locality arrangements must be right to avoid remoteness between new unitaries and residents
By Kathy O'Leary | 16 December 2025
The recent removal of ‘remoteness’ as a factor in determining council funding through the Fair Fu...
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