George Jones and John Stewart find the latest review of council finance is too narrowly focused.
MPs should take a closer look at legislation which will hand powers to elected mayors and unelect...
A new constitutional settlement is needed to overcome the command and control attitudes of centra...
Following David Walker’s article last week, George Jones and John Stewart argue that the Audit Co...
Despite its name, centralism reigns in the Localism Bill, with ministers believing local authorit...
The Government is still determined to impose directly-elected mayor models on the largest city au...
Is a chief executive responsible, as in the past, to the council, or to the executive – or both? ...
Introducing referendums to decide local issues like council tax increases has implications for re...
Can Messrs Cameron and Clegg learn some lessons from local government where no overall control ha...
The local polls were almost an afterthought given the general election. Will fixed-term parliamen...
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