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POVERTY
Fuelling the future
By Hiba Mahamadi | 14 August 2019
Hiba Mahamadi looks at how the two councils who have stepped in to the energy market have fared s...
WHITEHALL
Emergency settlement call as councils face financial cliff-edge
By Dan Peters | 15 July 2019
Calls have been made by a think-tank for a one-year emergency local government settlement with co...
FINANCE
Bringing new members up to speed on funding
By Ann McGauran | 09 July 2019
England’s new cadre of councillors need to navigate a perfect storm of financial challenges. How ...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Rolling out a new institutionalism
By Jonathan Carr-West | 09 July 2019
Dr Jonathan Carr-West wonders if, alongside new localism, we need a new institutionalism too?
WHITEHALL
Combined strategy call to tackle homelessness
By Ann McGauran | 20 June 2019
The Government should commit to a coherent combined housing and homelessness strategy, a report p...
WHITEHALL
Government bidding culture attacked
By Dan Peters | 10 June 2019
The growing trend of forcing councils to bid for small, policy-specific grants has been attacked ...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
The local is where the repairs begin
By Jonathan Carr-West | 30 April 2019
The things these elections should really be about – homes, schools, high streets, care and childr...
WHITEHALL
Further delay to devolution drive
By Dan Peters | 24 April 2019
The Government’s repeatedly-delayed devolution framework will not be published until after Brexit...
WHITEHALL
Government to push ahead with 75% rates retention in 2020/21
By Dan Peters | 23 April 2019
Whitehall will push ahead with plans to implement 75% business rates retention in 2020/21 despite...
HOUSING
Fighting back against homelessness
By Ann McGauran | 27 March 2019
A year ago the Local Government Homelessness Commission (LGHC) was launched by the Local Governme...
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