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

Blow to hopes for independent levelling up body

By Martin Ford | 01 July 2022

An amendment to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill would have established a body to scrutinis...

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES

Rampant inflation will impact poorest most

By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 30 June 2022

Chair of the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities, Sir Stephen Houghton, says unless e...

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...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

On the level?

28 June 2022

We’re a few years on from the Tories’ 2019 promise to level up the country.

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...

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

We must rise to this moment

By Lisa Nandy | 27 June 2022

Writing ahead of her LGA conference plenary, shadow secretary of state Lisa Nandy says it’s time ...

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