FINANCE

Grenfell council adopts participatory budgeting

By Dan Peters | 17 January 2020

The council at the centre of the Grenfell Tower tragedy has used participatory budgeting for the ...

HEALTH

More power for the people

15 January 2020

Margaret Bolton argues that it’s time to establish a Community Wealth Fund to devolve decision-ma...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

A wealth of benefits

By John Tizard | 15 January 2020

Community Wealth Building is too commonly seen as ‘local procurement’, but this seriously misses ...

NEW LOCAL

Communities hold the key to children's social care

By Pawda Tjoa | 15 January 2020

Pawda Tjoa says community-led approaches to early intervention should offer valuable lessons for ...

NEW LOCAL

Rooted in the real world

By Ann McGauran | 09 January 2020

Director of the New Local Government Network, Adam Lent, talks to Ann McGauran about the impact m...

PLANNING

Funding communities at the coal face

By David Armiger | 09 January 2020

Areas like Bassetlaw need a change of approach by Government that delivers investment in hard-to-...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Food keeps new arrivals on their feet

09 January 2020

Cllr Ahsan Khan explains how Waltham Forest LBC’s Welcome Meals initiative builds on its ‘proud h...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Unlocking the potential of towns

By Pippa Coutts | 08 January 2020

As councils and their partners grapple with how to ensure the attention on towns brings real loca...

EUROPEAN UNION

Breaking down that segregation (a little)

By Dan Corry | 12 December 2019

It has not been the best advertisement for our democracy and most people will be glad it’s all ov...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Basildon's big ambitions

By Joe Reay | 11 December 2019

As Basildon’s 70th birthday year comes to an end, Joe Reay says the celebrations provided the per...

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