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POLICY AND POLITICS
4 wheel drive woman on... party conferences
17 October 2023
Good lord, are all those political party conferences over? I can’t bear windbags wittering on abo...
SOLACE
Chiefs' professional development framework launched
By Ann McGauran | 17 October 2023
The first version of a professional development framework to keep local government chief executiv...
DEVOLUTION
Devolution debates dominate
By Zoë Billingham | 17 October 2023
At the Labour conference, devolution was a major theme of Keir Starmer’s speech. It was reassurin...
COUNCIL TAX
Charting new waters: the LGA after Mark Lloyd's exit
By Cllr Phil Broadhead | 17 October 2023
Cllr Phil Broadhead looks at the challenge for the LGA as it seeks a new chief executive capable ...
PLANNING
Required: some real radicalism
By Dr Simon Kaye | 17 October 2023
Dr Simon Kaye reflects on the recent round of political party conferences and argues that a coher...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
LGA: Devolve to boost economic activity
By Mark Conrad | 16 October 2023
Ministers should devolve long-term and simplified funding for back to work schemes to overcome re...
WHITEHALL
NAO calls for Homes for Ukraine clarity
By Mark Conrad | 16 October 2023
Ministers must prioritise ‘important decisions’ over Homes for Ukraine – including continued fund...
PLANNING
Giving power away: Labour needs to turn rhetoric into reality
By Ross Mudie | 16 October 2023
Labour needs to articulate a more concrete vision for how they would go further and faster on dev...
FINANCE
ADEPT: Ministers have undermined confidence in new burdens doctrine
By Dan Peters | 13 October 2023
Confidence in the new burdens doctrine has been ‘undermined’ by ministers, council directors have...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Sector to plot solutions for 'broken' finance system
By Dan Peters | 13 October 2023
Local government is planning to collectively come up with some innovative ideas about how the ‘br...
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