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FINANCE
Solace presses for multi-year settlements
By Mark Conrad | 11 July 2024
Multi-year finance settlements are ‘far and away the biggest thing’ the new government could do t...
LOCAL AUDIT
Beyond local audit's backlog
By Neil Harris | 10 July 2024
A new government brings an opportunity to implement longer-term reforms to local audit and help s...
COMBINED AUTHORITY
Devolution: arresting the downward spiral
By Paul Collier | 10 July 2024
Paul Collier says, thanks to combined authorities, many broken regions will have the agency requi...
GENERAL ELECTION
Unpicking what 'hard choices' means
By Caroline Green | 10 July 2024
Hard choices need to be not only about things we cannot afford in the short-term, but the things ...
PROCUREMENT
Local authority third-party spend rises 17% to £83bn
By Lee Peart | 10 July 2024
Local authority third-party spend rose by 10% on 2021 to £82.7bn in 2023, with vulnerable citizen...
FINANCE
Council spending down to £113bn
By Michael Burton | 08 July 2024
English councils spent £113.5bn in 2022/23 of which almost two thirds was on education and social...
FINANCE
Chancellor announces return of housing targets
By Martin Ford | 08 July 2024
Labour’s new chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced the return of compulsory housebuilding targets.
GENERAL ELECTION
Managing the art of the possible
By Rob Whiteman CBE | 08 July 2024
Despite the urgent issues in local government that need addressing by the new Government, the rea...
GENERAL ELECTION
A good time for the sector to have friends in high places
By Jonathan Werran | 05 July 2024
Jonathan Werran asks what the sector can expect from the new government, and says stopping more s...
FISCAL DEVOLUTION
Fresh calls for fiscal devo
By Dan Peters | 04 July 2024
Backers of fiscal devolution have urged the government elected today to reconsider the policy des...
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