COVID

Free e-books 2020

While local government dealt with coronavirus The MJ team did what it could to support the sector through a difficult period. As people shifted to home working, we made the decision to make The MJ available as a free ebook. 

While local government dealt with coronavirus The MJ team did what it could to support the sector through a difficult period. As people shifted to home working, we made the decision to make The MJ available as a free ebook. 

You can find the 2020 issues of The MJ available below: 

Read 17 December ebook here.

Read 10 December ebook here.

Read 3 December ebook here.

Read 26 November ebook here.

Read 19 November ebook here.

Read 12 November ebook here.

Read 5 November ebook here.

Read 29 October ebook here.

Read 22 October ebook here.

Read 15 October ebook here.

Read 8 October ebook here.

Read 1 October ebook here.

Read 24 September ebook here.

Read 17 September ebook here.

Read 10 September ebook here.

Read 3 September ebook here.

Read 20 August ebook here.

Read 13 August ebook here.

Read 6 August ebook here.

Read 30 July ebook here. 

Read 23 July ebook here.

Read 16 July ebook here.

Read 9 July ebook here.

Read 2 July ebook here. 

Read 25 June ebook here.

Read 18 June ebook here.

Read 11 June ebook here.

Read 4 June ebook here.

Read 28 May ebook here.

Read 21 May ebook here.

Read 14 May ebook here.

Read 7 May ebook here.

Read 30 April ebook here.

Read 23 April ebook here.

Read 16 April ebook here.

Read 2 April ebook here.

Read 26 March ebook here.

Read 19 March ebook here. 

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Why good annual reporting matters

By Steven Corbishley | 19 March 2025

Steven Corbishley says high-quality financial reporting not only supports accountability, it builds trust, strengthens confidence among stakeholders and prom...

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Goodbye to all that

By Martin Ford | 20 December 2024

Ann McGauran and Martin Ford take a look back at the highs and lows of a pacy and action-packed year for local government.

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14 years on: The 'winners' and 'losers'

By Maks Wieczorski | 27 February 2024

New data shows how £13.9bn of cumulative cuts in local authority funding in the 14 years since 2010-11 have hit the sector. Ann McGauran and Maks Wieczorski ...

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The more things change

By Ann McGauran | 11 December 2023

Funding and asylum policy are just two of the themes that have bookended an eventful year in local government. Martin Ford and Ann McGauran look at some of t...