FINANCE
Consultation to be held on new intervention powers
By Martin Ford | 07 July 2022
The Government has committed to consulting the sector over new powers of intervention in council ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Districts doubtful over levelling up assurances
By Martin Ford | 05 July 2022
Districts have dismissed Government assurances about a controversial clause in the Levelling Up a...
FINANCE
Minister tells councils to 'prioritise when delivering core services'
By Dan Peters | 30 June 2022
In a message to the Local Government Association’s annual conference, Treasury minister Simon Cla...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Avoiding the edge
By Jonathan Carr-West | 28 June 2022
As the sector gathers this week for the LGA conference, Dr Jonathan Carr-West says it’s time to s...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Gove urges councils to call out poor performance
By Heather Jameson | 28 June 2022
Levelling up secretary Michael Gove quite rightly sung the praises of local government for the se...
FINANCE
Gove says new body will 'shine light' on sector failures and successes
By Paul Marinko | 28 June 2022
Michael Gove has reaffirmed his plans to ‘shine a light’ on both the failures and successes of co...
WHITEHALL
A year of progress on county devolution
By James Maker | 28 June 2022
James Maker says that rather than stripping powers from any tier of local government, Clause 16 ...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Council chiefs argue for accountability
By Martin Ford | 28 June 2022
Senior officers have asked for greater accountability for the local government sector as part of ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
It's time to settle the Bill
By Zoë Billingham | 27 June 2022
There is still time to alter the path of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill now going through...
DIGITAL
Unleash wave of mayoral devo, says Onward
By John Cooper | 20 June 2022
A report from the centre-right Onward think-tank has urged the Government to step back from ‘micr...
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