ECONOMIC GROWTH

HRA cap shouldn't stymie housing ambitions, Lyons tells LGA

By Jonathan Werran | 02 December 2014

Labour Party housing guru Sir Michael Lyons has cautioned council chiefs to be realistic in the s...

FINANCE

AS 2014: London leaders urge 'sensible' HRA cap lift

By Jonathan Werran | 02 December 2014

A group of leading London political and business leaders have written to The Times asking the cha...

FINANCE

What does the Autumn Statement mean for cities?

By Andrew Carter | 01 December 2014

Andrew Carter suggests some of the brave next steps a chancellor should commit to in seeking to b...

WHITEHALL

You talking to me about mansion tax?

By Paul Wheeler | 01 December 2014

Robert De Niro's bad fellow reaction to New York property taxes exemplifies how we have allowed t...

HEALTH

Extra funding for fraud clampdown

By Dan Peters | 27 November 2014

A range of council-led projects to claw back billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money lost every ye...

WHITEHALL

Clark enters into 'positive' talks with LEPs

By Dominic Browne | 25 November 2014

The organisation that co-ordinates the work of the local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) has held ...

WHITEHALL

Showdown talks for LEP Network future

By Dominic Browne | 21 November 2014

The central organisation for coordinating the work of England’s 39 local enterprise partnerships ...

WHITEHALL

Core Cities make demands of Hague

By Michael Burton | 20 November 2014

Leaders of the Core Cities have urged ministers to devolve powers to UK urban areas in the same t...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Time to lead, not plead

20 November 2014

Housing providers in the north of England are contributing £4.6bn to local economies and with the...

COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK

Benn pledges new powers for councils

By Heather Jameson | 18 November 2014

Shadow communities secretary Hilary Benn has vowed to give county councils a raft of new powers i...

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Chief Digital and Information Officer

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