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Jonathan Carr-West

Jonathan Carr-West

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

Articles by Jonathan Carr-West

The basic laws of political physics

By Jonathan Carr-West | 05 June 2019

Dr Jonathan Carr-West says pressure provides a burning platform and the political vacuum an oppor...

The local is where the repairs begin

By Jonathan Carr-West | 30 April 2019

The things these elections should really be about – homes, schools, high streets, care and childr...

Start the democratic therapy process

By Jonathan Carr-West | 27 March 2019

Local elections will be taking place against a Brexit backdrop - but Dr Jonathan Carr-West argues...

Squeezed and broken

By Jonathan Carr-West | 19 February 2019

Dr Jonathan Carr-West urges local government to make a unified case for greater funding, by seizi...

Be the talk of the town (hall)

By Jonathan Carr-West | 16 January 2019

The way we talk about councils really matters, says Dr Jonathan Carr-West – and it’s time to spea...

The extra-ordinary people doing extraordinary things

By Jonathan Carr-West | 21 November 2018

The individual councillors celebrated in the LGiU C’llr Achievement Awards are part of the glue t...

Politics may be coming home

By Jonathan Carr-West | 17 October 2018

Local government had a ‘pretty good showing’ during the party conferences says Dr Jonathan Carr-W...

Care cash treats the symptoms not the cause of the crisis

By Jonathan Carr-West | 02 October 2018

Following Matt Hancock's announcement of extra care cash for care, Dr Jonathan Carr-West says the...

Bridging the Gap

By Jonathan Carr-West | 11 September 2018

Dr Jonathan Carr-West asks: how do we move from a place of fiscal precariousness to one of stabil...

Bridging the political divide

By Jonathan Carr-West | 03 July 2018

As new communities secretary James Brokenshire makes his maiden speech at this year’s LGA confere...