FINANCE

Lost in translation?

By Graeme McDonald | 06 October 2015

SOLACE director Graeme McDonald points out how the USA views its councils, the similarities and t...

WHITEHALL

Councils to get more cash to help refugees

By Jamie Hailstone | 02 October 2015

The Government has confirmed additional funding is on the way to help local authorities house and...

WHITEHALL

'Devolution is a Labour value' says McMahon

By Sam Clayden | 30 September 2015

Local Government Association Labour group leader Jim McMahon has insisted devolution is a core va...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

More local government voices needed in Lords

By Paul Wheeler | 30 September 2015

We should push for more local government voices in the existing House of Lords, argues director o...

WHITEHALL

Cracking the code

By Dan Peters | 30 September 2015

Many believe in the need for an ethical code for officers to follow and, in the wake of SOLACE’s ...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

SOLACE code needs to have 'more bite'

By Dan Peters | 30 September 2015

A committee will be formed to develop the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives’ (SOLACE) c...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Punish rogue landlords

22 September 2015

Harsher punishments, including jail, should be meted out to rogue landlords who overcharge tenant...

WHITEHALL

Councils are the heart of the refugee crisis

By Cllr Gary Porter | 22 September 2015

As the refugee crisis unfolds Cllr Gary Porter says councils are here to help - and their hard wo...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

£18bn could be unlocked by devolution says LGA

22 September 2015

Business leaders and town hall chiefs have been talking up the economic benefits of devolving pow...

FINANCE

Looking at the long-term

By Cllr Izzi Secombe | 22 September 2015

Growing demand and shrinking resources are placing severe pressures on social care for adults, ac...

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