ECONOMIC GROWTH

Extra year of UKSPF funding would remove 'immediate cliff edge'

By Ann McGauran | 04 October 2024

FINANCE

Councils face £54bn funding deficit

By Ellie Ames | 03 October 2024

New research has forecast a £54bn funding shortfall facing England’s local authorities over the n...

IMMIGRATION

Councils on standby for Lebanon evacuation

By Martin Ford | 02 October 2024

Councils will be responsible for helping British nationals arriving from Lebanon after the Govern...

INTERVENTION

Call for Oflog independence

By Martin Ford | 26 September 2024

Academics have called for an overhaul of the Office for Local Government (Oflog), including makin...

ENERGY

A good fit for your community

By Marina Robertson | 18 September 2024

Community-led domestic retrofit is driving energy efficiency in Birmingham, with Acivico at the h...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Reviving councils' dormant powers

By David Williams | 12 September 2024

David Williams looks at how councils’ positive Victorian legacy has been curbed and sets out a ma...

PREVENTION

The power of prevention

By Ben Franklin | 12 September 2024

Ben Franklin makes the case for putting communities at the heart of the new preventative state

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Future Forum Midlands: Councils call for backing to drive growth

By Martin Ford | 11 September 2024

Local authorities have a crucial role to play in the Government’s drive for economic growth – but...

FINANCE

Don't look back in anger

By Jonathan Carr-West | 04 September 2024

Councils should follow the example set by Liam and Noel Gallagher and set aside their differences...

FINANCE

Chancellor has sector's support to find funding solutions

By By Nicole Wood | 04 September 2024

Nicole Wood says the financial picture is bleak but chancellor Rachel Reeves has plenty of suppor...