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Ian Miller

Articles by Ian Miller

Mummy Pig and Daddy Pig need to cut Peppa Pig some slack

By Ian Miller | 01 December 2021

Did the secretary of state Michael Gove signal last week that some functions or powers are going ...

Is there much rigour to the Spending Review?

By Ian Miller | 13 October 2021

The District Councils’ Network’s clear requests include a year-on-year, real-terms increase in Go...

Why we want chief executives to be treated fairly

By Ian Miller | 04 August 2021

The offer of a 1.5% pay increase for chief executives is ‘a move away from arrangements that have...

Significant procurement challenges lie ahead for districts

By Ian Miller | 07 July 2021

Procurement is likely to involved significant challenges for district councils now and in the yea...

Composting in gardens is better for the environment

By Ian Miller | 19 May 2021

If funding is less than the cost of free garden waste collection, households without gardens will...

Local elections 2021: The process demands too much of teams

By Ian Miller | 10 May 2021

Ian Miller ponders the impact of Super Thursday on the mental health of electoral teams, and says...

The dreamy world of local government

By Ian Miller | 30 March 2021

Ian Miller waxes lyrical on a local government sector transformed into a paradise of five-yearly ...

Local government settlement shows Government is not in listening mode

By Ian Miller | 09 February 2021

It is clear from the final local government settlement that the Government did not pay attention ...

The devolution waiting game

By Ian Miller | 01 December 2020

The Prime Minister has said that ‘devolution…should be used as a step to pass power to local comm...

The Government cannot keep kicking the can down the road

By Ian Miller | 12 October 2020

Despite manifesto commitments, there will have to be tax rises to repay that massive debt, writes...