WELFARE

Politicised pressures of food banks

By Claire Fox | 08 December 2014

Is accepting that food banks are here to stay more depressing than relying on state emergency pro...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

A worrying trend towards self-sufficiency

By Frances Foster | 05 December 2014

Treasurer of the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities, Frances Foster, on the unfairne...

FINANCE

'Colossal' local government spending cuts to come

By Jonathan Werran | 04 December 2014

Unprotected areas of public spending – including local government budgets - face ‘cuts on a colo...

FINANCE

A glance at the small print

By Michael Burton | 04 December 2014

Michael Burton scrutinises the Treasury documents accompanying yesterday's Autumn Statement to se...

WHITEHALL

Welfare cap still fit, OBR confirms

By Jonathan Werran | 03 December 2014

Independent government economic forecasters have confirmed the Coalition remains on target to mee...

WHITEHALL

Osborne claims deficit reduction remains on track

By Jonathan Werran | 03 December 2014

Chancellor George Osborne today told Parliament the deficit had been halved since 2010 and was fa...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Smith report prompts race for devolution

By Heather Jameson | 03 December 2014

‘English votes for English laws’ is less important than getting the right deal for communities, t...

WHITEHALL

How immigration has helped reduce the deficit

By Michael Burton | 02 December 2014

The recent wave of immigrants to the UK since 2000 – in particular those from the EU – has contri...

WHITEHALL

Axing fund is cynicism dressed up as localism

By David Finch | 28 November 2014

Cutting funding for local welfare provision and effectively saying ‘it’s local government’s probl...

WHITEHALL

DWP wasting money in Universal Credit fix, PAC chair rages

By Jonathan Werran | 26 November 2014

The coalition’s flagship Universal Credit welfare reform programme is running further behind sche...

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Assistant Director of Streetscene, Community Safety and Enforcement

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