Housing

By Holly Lewis | 21 August 2023

Holly Lewis explains why she believes expanding Permitted Development Rights in town centres is a...

FINANCE

Council to axe development firm

By Martin Ford | 18 August 2023

Mid Devon DC’s development firm is facing closure, having received £21m in loans from the authority.

Secretary of state takes 'personal interest' in council landlords

By Martin Ford | 17 August 2023

Seven councils are among the landlords to have received letters from housing secretary Michael Go...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

The lost years

By Ann McGauran | 15 August 2023

The UK is reeling from nearly five years of lost economic growth. Ann McGauran asks what action l...

PLANNING

Keep it communal

By Cllr Barry Wood | 15 August 2023

Former levelling up secretary Greg Clark is wrong to advocate shifting planning from district to ...

HOUSING

Don't bet the house on it

15 August 2023

Housing waiting lists are now so long that you could wait your adult life for a home and still no...

HOUSING

Stoke-on-Trent guilty of severe maladministration

By Martin Ford | 15 August 2023

Stoke-on-Trent City Council has received a severe maladministration ruling from the housing ombud...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Collaboration is key to harnessing growth

By Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen | 14 August 2023

The very function of local government is to be close to the people and communities it serves, say...

PENSIONS

Going further and faster on pensions decarbonisation

By Cllr Paul Convery | 08 August 2023

Islington LBC began decarbonising its pension fund seven years ago and has reduced emissions by 4...

PLANNING

Avoiding wheezes and whims

By Greg Clark | 08 August 2023

The Government is about to publish a revised version of the National Planning Policy Framework, b...

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