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

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

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

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

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

With the local elections taking place today, Dr Jonathan Carr-West says: get the processes right ...

Bringing commissioners into crisis-hit Northamptonshire CC forces us to think about the value we ...

If we want to encourage and nurture a better conversation about local resourcing, councils need t...

Dr Jonathan Carr-West argues the local government finance settlement was cautious and underwhelmi...

With participative democracy on the rise, but Jonathan Carr-West says it is important we do not g...

With the political landscape in flux and mayors pushing the boundaries of their original remit, n...