Title
TRANSFORMATION
COVID and Change: Beware the cowardly lion
By Alex Khaldi | 22 June 2020
As councils begin to navigate recovery and renewal, the characters in the Wizard of Oz appeal to ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Proceed until apprehended
By Joe Simpson | 22 June 2020
In the wake of the first wave of the pandemic, we should not wait for national government to appr...
SOCIAL CARE
Counties could be forced to issue Section 114 notices this year
By Tom Foster | 22 June 2020
If predictions in Grant Thornton's report on county finances fall anywhere close to the actual fi...
FINANCE
No council should go bust due to efforts to combat coronavirus
22 June 2020
It would be a public disaster if councils went bust due to their heroic efforts in combating COVI...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Fresh demand for modelling data
By Dan Peters | 22 June 2020
Ministers this week came under renewed pressure to share the Government’s latest coronavirus pred...
PLANNING
Promote localism to save high streets, says updated Grimsey review
By Ann McGauran | 22 June 2020
Scrapping high street business rates and promoting localism alongside green spaces and fewer cars...
FINANCE
Former Chancellor calls for infrastructure devo deal
By Michael Burton | 22 June 2020
Former Labour Chancellor Alistair Darling has called for all infrastructure projects below £500m ...
FINANCE
IFS urges government to relax the rules on finance amid crisis
By Heather Jameson | 22 June 2020
Finance experts have called on the Government to temporarily relax rules that prevent councils bo...
AUSTERITY
Now the clapping has stopped the listening needs to start
By John Knight | 19 June 2020
John Knight says COVID-19 has given citizens a much sharper focus on the local services they valu...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Redefining the geography of levelling up
By Rosie Stock Jones | 19 June 2020
The Red Wall of traditionally Labour-voting areas are not the only places that need support, says...
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