PLANNING

Ten Welsh councils in combined authority push

By Jonathan Werran | 09 December 2014

Proposals issued to establish a combined authority for the South East Wales region able to take c...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Local leadership needed to secure skills for the future

By Mark Boleat | 09 December 2014

The top-down national government approach to skills provision is not working. It is time for loca...

BUSINESS

Councils will look and feel very different in future

By Paul Dossett | 09 December 2014

The narrative of local government austerity is familiar and will necessarily continue to be told,...

BUSINESS

Now is the winter of devolution discontent

By Cllr David Hodge | 08 December 2014

CCN chairman Cllr David Hodge laments last week's Autumn Statement, in which counties were left i...

NEW LOCAL

Tiers for fears

By Sandra Dinneen | 08 December 2014

Perhaps the trick in devolving to two-tier areas is to recognise at what tier different responsib...

BUSINESS

Divided devolution

By Cllr David Finch | 08 December 2014

The Government’s city-centric devolution agenda spells economic oblivion for county areas which a...

DEVOLUTION

'Disappointing' response to merger plans raises Welsh minister's ire

By Jonathan Werran | 08 December 2014

A Welsh Government minister has lambasted half of the 22 councils in Wales for failure to respond...

FINANCE

Next year's model

By Mark Rogers | 08 December 2014

Birmingham City Council chief executive Mark Rogers gives a trenchantly tongue in cheek look at w...

WHITEHALL

How Newham led historic bid on betting

By Kim Bromley-Derry | 08 December 2014

Newham LBC chief executive Kim Bromley-Derry on how his council is leading a historic bid to redu...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

A worrying trend towards self-sufficiency

By Frances Foster | 05 December 2014

Treasurer of the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities, Frances Foster, on the unfairne...

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