Articles by MJ reporter
'Turn disused sites into community projects'
By MJ reporter | 08 May 2014
Local groups are being invited to bid for capital grants to help turn disused buildings into comm...
Calls grow for People's Ombudsman
By MJ reporter | 01 May 2014
Citizens should have direct access to a People’s Ombudsman, MPs have reported.
Property windfall to boost councils
By MJ reporter | 01 May 2014
Up to 15 local authorities stand to gain £40,000 each in resources to help drive property efficie...
Leeds City Council remembers stabbed schoolteacher
By MJ reporter | 01 May 2014
Council staff and councillors in Leeds have paid tribute to schoolteacher Anne Maguire who died t...
Give local government its devolutionary moment - council chief
By MJ reporter | 25 April 2014
The combined authorities should not have to play the ‘earned autonomy’ game, a council chief exec...
Are you a MJ Awards finalist?
By MJ reporter | 25 April 2014
Almost 100 councils have been named as finalists or commended in this year’s MJ Achievement Award...
School accountability under the spotlight
By MJ reporter | 17 April 2014
Town hall chiefs have warned of growing confusion about the accountability of local schools.
Tory leader's plea to keep welfare cash
By MJ reporter | 17 April 2014
West Sussex CC's leader has written to Eric Pickles urging him to rethink the scrapping of a loca...
Campaign for Fiscal Freedom
By MJ reporter | 11 April 2014
The MJ has launched a campaign, calling on the Government to give councils more financial freedoms.
ADASS chief outlines social care challenge for councils
By MJ reporter | 11 April 2014
Councils should take more responsibility for understanding the costs of care provision when setti...
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