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POLICY AND POLITICS
Party conferences – big on ideas, small on detail
By Heather Jameson | 26 September 2018
Party conferences can be odd affairs for local government, says Heather Jameson
FINANCE
'Tis the season
By Lord Porter | 26 September 2018
As conference season takes shape, LGA chair Lord Porter looks at the critical issues currently fa...
PLANNING
Questions over cost of Labour's local government promises
By Mark Conrad | 25 September 2018
Senior Labour figures delivered a raft of local government-related policy announcements at their ...
FINANCE
Labour would rewrite the Treasury rules
24 September 2018
A Labour government would end ‘Treasury bias against investing in the regions’ by ripping-up the ...
FINANCE
Leaders accuse Government of destroying 'social contract'
By Chris Mahony | 21 September 2018
Senior Labour local government figures will launch a Councils Against Austerity campaign next wee...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Capacity stretched at 'can do' council
By Dan Peters | 19 September 2018
Capacity at a ‘can do’ council is stretched and staff are under real pressure, a Local Government...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EXCLUSIVE: Districts facing pressure over LEPs
By Dan Peters | 19 September 2018
Government officials have warned district councils could be lumped into local enterprise partners...
DEVOLUTION
The North finds its voice
By Sarah Longlands | 19 September 2018
On 6 September I attended the first Convention of the North in Newcastle. This was an historic ga...
DEVOLUTION
Local politicians breaking through
By Paul Wheeler | 19 September 2018
The pending party conference season is likely to be a savage one, with a summer of simmering disc...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Welsh councils call for ring-fenced preventative funding
By Laura Sharman | 18 September 2018
A new preventative fund should be created in Wales to help ease the strain on children’s services...
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