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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

Cock-up or conspiracy: the impact of the General Election

By Jonathan Carr-West | 24 April 2017

Jonathan Carr-West looks at the possible implications June's General Election could have on the l...

Is social care making progress?

By Jonathan Carr-West | 28 March 2017

Dr Jonathan Carr-West looks at the major questions the Government’s upcoming green paper on socia...

Let's make a deal

By Jonathan Carr-West | 21 February 2017

Reality TV is turning into real life as policy-making gives way to government-by-deal, writes Dr ...

Predictions in an age of uncertainty

By Jonathan Carr-West | 18 January 2017

Last year served up a string of ballot box shocks across the globe. As 2017 begins, Dr Jonathan C...

Responding to the chaos

By Jonathan Carr-West | 23 November 2016

With recent global events transforming political thinking, Dr Jonathan Carr-West explains how loc...

A funny old world

By Jonathan Carr-West | 19 October 2016

Global upheaval and national uncertainty means local government needs to step in and instil a sen...

What now for devolution?

By Jonathan Carr-West | 23 September 2016

Lord O’Neill’s resignation letter reveals much about the position of devolution in Theresa May’s ...

Mrs May's new agenda

By Jonathan Carr-West | 14 September 2016

The momentum behind the local government agenda may be slowing thanks to an Osborne-shaped hole i...

Don't drop the ball on devolution

By Jonathan Carr-West | 02 August 2016

Local government cannot let devolution slip through its fingers under a new secretary of state, s...

Lessons from the campaign trail

By Jonathan Carr-West | 29 June 2016

Dr Jonathan Carr-West says the EU referendum campaign highlighted a worrying new change in politi...