LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

The beating heart of politics now rests in the suburbs and shires

By Paul Wheeler | 30 May 2017

In spite of the urban centres growing in population, we will see a transfer of political represen...

FINANCE

We have to marry our numbers and our words correctly

By Adele Taylor | 30 May 2017

Getting the narrative right on our annual finances, as well as the potential future impact, is mo...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Building trust in a post-truth age

By Jonathan Carr-West | 30 May 2017

Local government must lead the way in a new world where truth is no longer the gold standard, wri...

WHITEHALL

Chiefs back electoral registration changes

By Dan Peters | 30 May 2017

Council chief executives have backed calls for improvements to electoral registration amid report...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Strengthening local democracy

By John Stewart | 24 May 2017

In a final article written before he died last month, George Jones and fellow author John Stewart...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Tory ID check plan could 'put people off voting'

By Dan Peters | 18 May 2017

Plans in the Conservative manifesto to introduce voter identification across the UK are ‘overbear...

FINANCE

Resetting our relationship with residents

By Alex Bailey | 17 May 2017

What is the role of the state? Alex Bailey explains how Adur and Worthing councils are creating p...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Respecting the will of the people

By Claire Fox | 17 May 2017

Misreading the newly-invigorated electorate has become far too common. The political debate has b...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Labour is sick but it is not yet terminal

By Ben Page | 17 May 2017

Labour is like a very ill patient that refuses to die, but Ben Page predicts the party's demise i...

FINANCE

Burnham's integration vow over GM health and care

By Sam Clayden | 17 May 2017

Andy Burnham has vowed to drive ‘further and deeper’ integration in Greater Manchester as he push...