Title
WHITEHALL
73% 'demand consultation' before contracting out services
By Jamie Hailstone | 08 March 2016
Almost three-quarters of people want to be consulted before councils outsource services, accordin...
FINANCE
Time for a re-think
By Simon Parker | 08 March 2016
Simon Parker warns chief executives are now facing an increasingly divided role, left running bot...
FINANCE
Call for 'separate grant system' after rates retention
By Sam Clayden | 23 February 2016
Sector experts have voiced concerns over the redistribution of business rates after retention, wa...
WHITEHALL
'Encourage CAs to set funding formulae'
By Dan Peters | 16 February 2016
Combined authorities should be encouraged by the Government to set their own devolved local fundi...
HUMOUR
Viva la devolución!
10 February 2016
Calls for a local government uprising have been bubbling and boiling for some time and, as the de...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Devo could threaten localism, warns RSA
By Sam Clayden | 10 February 2016
Devolution to city regions and counties could suppress localism, a think-tank has warned.
NEW LOCAL
County-wide unitary 'would avert service cuts'
10 February 2016
The Leicestershire Labour group has proposed forming a county-wide unitary to prevent cuts to ser...
FINANCE
Postcode opportunity knocks
09 February 2016
Jessica Studdert reflects on the recent NLGN Annual Conference and discusses how to change the de...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
IPPR: 'Don't cut councils out of criminal justice system'
By Sam Clayden | 05 February 2016
Local authorities must not be bypassed by plans to hand greater controls over youth justice and p...
WHITEHALL
'Push through devolution before Osborne exit'
By Sam Clayden | 04 February 2016
Local government must act quickly on devolution because George Osborne will not be around forever...
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