Government changes rules to spot slow planners
PLANNING

Government changes rules to spot slow planners

By Dan Peters | 17 December 2024

The speed with which councils decide planning applications will be assessed over a shorter time period by the Government.

FINANCE

How to do the funding pot pivot

By Sherina Lewis | 05 December 2024

With the autumn Budget promising changes to how local authorities receive funding from central go...

HOUSING

Solving the affordable housing crisis

By Ben Denton | 18 November 2024

Ben Denton says institutional funding from insurers and pension funds can be part of the answer t...

FINANCE

Single South Yorkshire settlement to boost investment

By Dan Peters | 14 November 2024

South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority expects to be boosted by the integrated, departmental-...

LEGAL

Thurrock threat to sue other councils after financial collapse

By Dan Peters | 07 November 2024

Debt-laden Thurrock Council has threatened to sue other councils as it legally goes after the Ass...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

The ham and eggs approach to growth

By Dr Henry Kippin | 23 October 2024

Last week, the Government produced its Industrial Strategy, but it will need a Budget, devolution...

INVESTMENT

We might be about to hit a sweet spot on regional growth

By By Zoë Billingham | 17 October 2024

Zoë Billingham says not only do our mayors and local leaders hold many of the levers of growth – ...

WALES

Welsh councils facing £559m budget pressure

By Paul Marinko | 11 October 2024

Welsh councils face budget pressures of around £559m next year, the sector’s umbrella organisatio...

FINANCE

LGPS pooling 'must be done in orderly way'

By Emily Twinch | 09 October 2024

The pooling of Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) assets into eight organisations should be d...

POLITICS

Investment and growth focus for first Council of the Nations and Regions meeting

By Emily Twinch | 08 October 2024

A partnership group bringing together regional mayors and national leaders will focus on investme...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Could merging schemes impede growth?

By Henri Murison | 12 September 2024

The best of the local government pensions sector is already hard at work investing in the North’s...

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