Welsh councils facing £559m budget pressure
WALES

Welsh councils facing £559m budget pressure

By Paul Marinko | 11 October 2024

Welsh councils face budget pressures of around £559m next year, the sector’s umbrella organisation has said as it identified five priority areas for addressing the crisis.

REGENERATION

Councils work to manage impact from collapse of major contractor

By Paul Marinko | 23 September 2024

Councils across England and Wales are working to manage the impact to a string of major infrastru...

REGENERATION

The MJ Regeneration supplement September 2024

20 September 2024

How will the new Government hit its housing targets? Plus much more

FINANCE

Devolution 'underpowered under austerity cosh'

By Thomas Bridge | 21 July 2016

Devolution is failing under the ‘austerity cosh’ and only handing ‘piecemeal’ housing powers to l...

DCLG

All the right noises, but let's see what transpires

By Heather Jameson | 20 July 2016

What does Sajid Javid have in store for local government? Heather Jameson examines how the new co...

DCLG

The new faces on the block

By Michael Burton | 20 July 2016

As the dust settles on Theresa May’s new ministerial appointments Michael Burton ascertains the i...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

All change please

By Thomas Bridge | 20 July 2016

HS2 is not the only change hitting Birmingham in the coming years. Mark Rogers and Cllr John Clan...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Osborne: Northern Powerhouse must be Government priority

By Thomas Bridge | 19 July 2016

George Osborne has urged the Government to ‘sustain’ support for the Northern Powerhouse while vo...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Some sorely needed investment

By Sir Merrick Cockell | 15 July 2016

Sir Merrick Cockell asks how will volatility in the financial markets impact on local government ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

New wine in old bottles for a renewed regional policy

By Michael Burton | 13 July 2016

As the Government receives a new leader, Michael Burton examines how Theresa May might approach t...

FINANCE

More than words

By Paul O'Brien | 13 July 2016

Paul O'Brien welcomes the rhetoric on devolution but says local government needs more than just k...

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