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HOUSING
Fears Cameron's housing overhaul will 'dry up' council stock
By Sam Clayden | 07 October 2015
David Cameron's shake up of housing rules will 'dry up' council housing stock, according to a sen...
LEGAL
Labour threat over Right to Buy
07 October 2015
A number of Labour-led London local authorities are understood to be exploring legal action again...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Rates revolution
By Heather Jameson | 06 October 2015
Plans to return 100% of business rates to local government are ‘little more than a back of the en...
FINANCE
Draw power from the people
By Jonathan Carr-West | 06 October 2015
In all political parties it can be difficult to get the leadership to recognise that local govern...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Devolution in the 'new politics' era
By Simon Parker | 06 October 2015
Devolution is an assault on local democracy, or so we were told last week by Labour’s new communi...
WHITEHALL
The sector welcomes business rate announcement
By Heather Jameson | 05 October 2015
The local government sector has welcomed the return of business rates to local control – but with...
INFRASTRUCTURE
Lord Adonis' appointment is 'for the greater good'
By Sam Clayden | 05 October 2015
A policy adviser for The Infrastructure Forum (TIF) believes the appointment of Lord Adonis as ch...
PENSIONS
New rules to stop 'playground politics'
By Dan Peters | 05 October 2015
New rules will stop politically motivated boycott and divestment campaigns against UK defence com...
BUSINESS
One-party councils wasting billions, claims think tank
By Jamie Hailstone | 05 October 2015
Councils dominated by a single political party are wasting £2.6bn a year through procurement, acc...
WHITEHALL
Kerslake insists he will remain politically neutral in review
By Michael Burton | 30 September 2015
Former Sheffield City Council chief executive and head of the civil service Lord Bob Kerslake, wh...
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