The patriarchal attitude towards councils is shown in Whitehall’s approach to financial transpare...
Ian Miller says the local outcomes framework is a tool to allow Whitehall to intervene and he is ...
There seems no proof yet that a penny has been added to the local government settlement to meet t...
A Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government consultation suggests that two groups of ...
Where public and political demand exist, districts have bandwidth now to focus on creating town o...
Ian Miller says the creation of unitaries means the Government must stop prevaricating, and updat...
Ian Miller says local authorities’ final reorganisation proposals can ‘wax lyrical on all sorts o...
Ian Miller says that under LGR a ‘continuing’ county council would be required to have open compe...
Ian Miller says recent developments in local government finance are alarmingly opaque and council...
The local election results could 'bring a different complexion' to reorganisation debates, writes...
