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FINANCE
The next government will have to fix the broken finance system
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 28 June 2024
The manifestos contained a welcome agreement on multi-year settlements, but big questions remain ...
WHITEHALL
LGA backs regeneration funding campaign
By Martin Ford | 10 June 2024
A campaign to persuade the Treasury to change tack on regeneration funding is gaining momentum.
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES
Vicious cycle curbs prevention
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 21 May 2024
The significant variation across the country in the rates of children in care highlights the impo...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
A Faer Point
By Martin Tucker | 15 May 2024
There are fewer levers for council leaders to pull in their areas. Visible services are reduced a...
FINANCE
Sort out housing through invest-to-save
By Tracy Bingham | 07 May 2024
As the sector's macro financial dilemma becomes more widely and better understood, so too should ...
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES
Budget leaves councils in peril
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 08 March 2024
Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton says many will highlight that cuts in local government spending mean th...
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES
The impact of ending the Household Support Fund would be disastrous
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 28 February 2024
The Household Support Fund is a crucial way for councils to help residents with the costs of livi...
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES
What are the chances of a Budget boost?
By Heather Jameson | 27 February 2024
New SIGOMA analysis highlights the huge decline in funding in recent years and the sector despera...
FINANCE
Councils face new era of austerity
By Martin Ford | 27 February 2024
Local government could be left to shoulder the burden of public sector cuts in a new age of auste...
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES
Cuts put hard squeeze on most deprived councils
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 27 February 2024
New analysis reveals upper tier local authorities in the most deprived decile have seen a real-te...
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- Labour Together says 'big bang' package repairs the contract between councils and residents
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- Conservatives pledge ban on council four-day work weeks
- The LGR clock is ticking
- From market town to modern destination: Barnsley's bold rebirth
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