Policy-and-politics - Page 288

By Colin Copus | 15 January 2015

Professor of local politics at De Montfort University, Colin Copus, admits that directly-elected ...

THIRD SECTOR

Where has the cohesion agenda gone?

By Heather Jameson | 13 January 2015

Let’s get community cohesion – and celebrating the diversity of our cities – back to the top of t...

WHITEHALL

Referendum campaign for elected mayor

By Dan Peters | 13 January 2015

A campaign for a referendum on whether Greater Manchester should have an elected mayor has been l...

EDUCATION

Rogers blows whistle on policies

By Dan Peters | 13 January 2015

Birmingham City Council’s chief executive has urged other councils to check their whistleblowing ...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Rogue tweeters are silenced

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 January 2015

The chief executive of Cheshire East Council has intervened in a row over local authority staff h...

ROTHERHAM ABUSE

Healey launches libel action against UKIP councillor

By Heather Jameson | 12 January 2015

Former local government minister and The MJ’s columnist, John Healey, has launched legal action a...

FINANCE

Striking the best deal for councils in 2015

By Cllr David Sparks | 12 January 2015

Chair of the Local Government Association, Cllr David Sparks, sets out Smith Square's lobbying go...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

The mayor the merrier?

By Dan Peters | 12 January 2015

Dan Peters talks to leading local government figures to assess whether directly-elected mayors ar...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Striking discrepancy

By Stephen Weigel | 12 January 2015

Conservative calls to make it more difficult to permit public sector strikes could have the oppos...

FINANCE

Are children's services the fourth emergency solution?

By Chris Waterman | 09 January 2015

Chris Waterman analyses what the year ahead, either side of the General Election in May, has in s...

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