The latest articles written by Jonathan Carr-West

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Dr Jonathan Carr-West is chief executive of the Local Government Information Unit (LGiU)

Dr Jonathan Carr-West looks back on a long and eventful conference season.

Councils should follow the example set by Liam and Noel Gallagher and set aside their differences...

Elections couldn’t happen without the hard work of local government – yet it has been rarely ment...

LGIU research sheds light on the ever greater decline of public trust in government. Dr Jonathan ...

With local government currently in the spotlight in General Election year, Dr Jonathan Carr-West ...

Local government needs a multi-year sustainable funding settlement; central government needs to t...

It looks like Scotland’s Verity House agreement has fallen at the first hurdle, but in England we...

Dr Jonathan Carr-West remains shocked at the state of local government finance, but it is no long...

It feels like local government is close to breaking point, but it doesn’t have to be this way, sa...

Jonathan Carr-West says successive administrations have weakened local government: starving it of...