WHITEHALL

The truth about pre-election pledges

By Joe Randall | 14 April 2015

Political parties promise decentralisation, but will they ever yield? Joe Randall sets out four t...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Municipal enterprise

By Jack Airey | 13 April 2015

Local authorities should highlight their entrepreneurial flair to prove they are up to the task o...

FINANCE

Eastern promise?

By Max Wide | 13 April 2015

Mike Bennett and Max Wide fear too many local authorities see commissioning as a new spin on old-...

FINANCE

Rising to meet the new risks

By Andrew Jepp | 10 April 2015

Councils will be exposed to new risks - reputational, operational and financial – and increasing ...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Do political parties have a future in local government?

By Professor Steve Leach | 09 April 2015

It would be a healthy democratic development if the major parties were prepared to reconsider the...

HUMAN RESOURCES

The sweetest taboo

By Thomas Drewry | 09 April 2015

Thomas Drewry investigates how salaries in local government compare with other professions and ur...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

The evidence on how to help our children is clear

By Jonathan Breckon | 09 April 2015

Jonathan Breckon calls for a balance to be struck in which those working to protect vulnerable ch...

The art of modern leadership

By Martin Cresswell | 09 April 2015

Modern public leadership will be shaped by those of us who are less interested in how we have per...

BUSINESS

Universal benefit?

By Henry Overman | 09 April 2015

Professor Henry Overman questions whether available evidence backs up the need to make ultrafast ...

WHITEHALL

The need for caution

By John Stewart | 09 April 2015

Greater Manchester combined authority’s devolution deal establishes a two-tier system of local go...