Communications

By Alastair Blair | 23 January 2015

There needs to be far greater understanding of the deeply unsexy world of public and statutory no...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Is free speech offensive?

By Claire Fox | 19 January 2015

Local authorities are guilty of pandering to a ‘PC gone mad’ offence culture in which the bleatin...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Rogue tweeters are silenced

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 January 2015

The chief executive of Cheshire East Council has intervened in a row over local authority staff h...

WASTE

Who let the dogs out?

06 January 2015

Canine fouling is normally a laughing matter for Diary.

DCLG

Bring information into the 21st century, says Pickles

By Heather Jameson | 23 December 2014

Statutory notices need to shift into the 21st Century, according to communities secretary Eric Pi...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Work smarter - not harder

By Steve Hanks | 19 December 2014

By April 2015, local authorities within the UK will have faced and be expected to resolve yet mor...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Pickles announces ex-council chief Caller as Tower Hamlets commissioner

By Dan Peters | 17 December 2014

Former council chief executive Max Caller has been announced as one of the commissioners who will...

FINANCE

CIPFA defends its 'campaigning' style

By Dan Peters | 16 December 2014

The Chartered Institute for Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) has defended its shift to make...

DIGITAL

Our day will come again

By Paul Lankester | 01 December 2014

Really innovative councils will be taking the initiative to make social media a part of ‘future-p...

Wolverhampton mulls over name change

By Jamie Hailstone | 25 November 2014

Wolverhampton City Council is considering a re-branding of itself as the City of Wolverhampton to...

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