Welfare

By Jonathan Werran | 20 October 2014

Residents in the North of England continue to face the greatest impact of the so-called bedroom t...

WHITEHALL

PAC Hodge: 'Out of sight, out of mind' DWP at fault for record housing benefit overpayments

By Jonathan Werran | 16 October 2014

Housing Benefit overpayments cost the taxpayer nearly £1bn in 2013/14, spending watchdogs have ca...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Council chiefs to work with Whitehall for UC roll-out

By Jamie Hailstone | 14 October 2014

Town hall chiefs have pledged to work with Whitehall on the roll-out of the controversial Univers...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Commission calls for devolution within Birmingham's children's services

By Jonathan Werran | 14 October 2014

Responsibility for Birmingham's beleagured children's services should be devolved to 10 district...

THIRD SECTOR

A global problem tackled locally

By Michael Burton | 13 October 2014

Global events can end up as local problems, as the rural district of Fenland discovered when it e...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Give us freedom and watch us fly

By Ruth Dombey | 10 October 2014

Sutton LBC leader Ruth Dombey says fiscal devolution isn't an end in itself, it's a means to an ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Give us freedom and watch us fly

By Ruth Dombey | 10 October 2014

All over the United Kingdom people are demanding more control over their lives and a greater say ...

BEDROOM TAX

Is it good night for bedroom tax?

By John Healey | 09 October 2014

The backbench Bill still has to pass stages in both the Commons and the Lords to become law, but ...

Islington backing review after welfare 'lifeline' cuts

By MJ reporter | 01 August 2014

Islington LBC has hit out at the Government’s cuts to the Local Welfare Provision Fund, as it lau...

WELFARE

Investing in our community

By Jennifer Tankard | 01 August 2014

The CIC is rallying for equal financial inclusion for all, as Jennifer Tankard explains.

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