Education

By Frances Foster | 05 December 2014

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

FINANCE

Councils are footing academies bill, says LGA

By Jamie Hailstone | 05 December 2014

Councils have been left to foot the mulit-million pound costs of schools converting to academy st...

HEALTH

It's time for council leaders to step up to the plate

By Jim McMahon | 02 December 2014

It’s likely to be another tough week for local government leaders as the chancellor prepares to u...

WHITEHALL

How immigration has helped reduce the deficit

By Michael Burton | 02 December 2014

The recent wave of immigrants to the UK since 2000 – in particular those from the EU – has contri...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Ministers dispute 'flawed analysis' in Whitehall row over children in care

By Jonathan Werran | 27 November 2014

Spending watchdogs have become embroiled in a Whitehall clash with the Department for Education (...

FINANCE

Gauging the pressures

By David Walker | 24 November 2014

Even if there is a slackening and the timetables are revised the pressure on spending won’t mirac...

Tower Hamlets: no 'Trojan Horse' in our borough

By Jonathan Werran | 21 November 2014

Tower Hamlets has sought to rebut accusations its schools were subject to ‘Trojan Horse’ style Is...

HEALTH

Lust for life

By Alexander Stevenson | 12 November 2014

Consequences of primal human appetites and behaviours drain public service budgets of billions ea...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Council's senior management team praised

By Dan Peters | 12 November 2014

Northamptonshire CC’s senior management team has been praised by the independent chair of the cou...

BUSINESS

Businesses back calls for more devolution powers for London

By Jamie Hailstone | 04 November 2014

Business and charity leaders have backed calls by borough bosses for further devolution of powers...

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