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FINANCE
One in four Scottish councils have doubts over budgets
By Martin Ford | 12 December 2023
One in four Scottish councils fear they will be unable to balance their 2024-25 budgets, a new Lo...
FINANCE
One in five councils 'likely' to issue section 114
By Martin Ford | 06 December 2023
Almost one in five councils believe bankruptcy is likely within two years, while doubt hangs over...
PLANNING
The next level begins
By Martin Ford | 08 November 2023
Last month saw the Levelling Up Act receive Royal Assent, but what will that actually mean for lo...
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES
High quality properly funded services must underpin levelling up
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 30 October 2023
Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton says local government funding needs a reset of business rates growth, a...
COUNCIL TAX
Lessons still to learn
By Jonathan Carr-West | 30 October 2023
It looks like Scotland’s Verity House agreement has fallen at the first hurdle, but in England we...
DEVOLUTION
Upholding the good name of local government
By Dan Peters | 04 September 2023
The Government says Oflog will be using data ‘to prompt questions – not judgements’. But, with ne...
FINANCE
Shocked… but not surprised
By Jonathan Carr-West | 04 September 2023
Dr Jonathan Carr-West remains shocked at the state of local government finance, but it is no long...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Optimistic nihilism
By Jonathan Carr-West | 04 July 2023
It feels like local government is close to breaking point, but it doesn’t have to be this way, sa...
SOLACE
The truth about council failures
By Paul Marinko | 19 June 2023
As the sorry saga of financial failures at the likes of Woking BC and Thurrock Council continues ...
ELECTIONS
An out-of-the-ordinary election
By Jonathan Carr-West | 09 May 2023
Jonathan Carr-West says successive administrations have weakened local government: starving it of...
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