Policy-and-politics - Page 266

By Heather Jameson | 09 June 2015

Cllr Gary Porter will become the new chairman of the Local Government Association (LGA) after sta...

FINANCE

Minister: Mayoral referendums should not be held

By Dan Peters | 09 June 2015

Referendums should not be held over whether to have directly elected mayors, local government min...

DEVOLUTION

Kendall sets out her devolution credentials

By Heather Jameson | 08 June 2015

Labour leadership hopeful Liz Kendall has given her firm backing to devolution – alongside a fair...

ELECTIONS

Primary duties

By Paul Wheeler | 03 June 2015

Now the dust has settled after the General Election, local politics seems to have acquired a few ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

The end of cities

By Jonathan Carr-West | 03 June 2015

We must think about what a city and its governance should look like and make sure we create bigge...

FINANCE

Accounts should be of interest to local taxpayers

By Alison Scott | 03 June 2015

In all our professional lives there are areas of expertise and focus that we view as an essential...

BUSINESS

Inter-county waste deal gets four-year extension

By Jamie Hailstone | 03 June 2015

An inter-county deal, which sees some of Norfolk’s waste dealt with at Suffolk CC’s new energy-fr...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Devolution of skills training 'will be a struggle'

By MJ reporter | 03 June 2015

Ministers will struggle to deliver three million apprenticeships unless they devolve new powers o...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Praise for powers of recall

By Jonathan Werran | 03 June 2015

Pioneering plans to introduce powers of recall for councillors whose standards of behaviour fall ...

WHITEHALL

Ministers must rethink Right to Buy plans

By Jonathan Werran | 03 June 2015

Former Department for Communities and Local Government permanent secretary, Lord Kerslake, this w...

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