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ECONOMIC GROWTH
The ham and eggs approach to growth
By Dr Henry Kippin | 23 October 2024
Last week, the Government produced its Industrial Strategy, but it will need a Budget, devolution...
PLANNING
Building consensus, not just houses
By Imran Hashmi | 21 October 2024
Imran Hashmi of New Local explains why forging a consensual approach to planning begins with empo...
AUTUMN BUDGET
All eyes on the Budget
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 17 October 2024
The hope is that the Budget may finally mark the beginning of some certainty for local government...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Warm words but little in the way of answers
By Heather Jameson | 17 October 2024
Following the previous government’s focus on levelling up, the new regime is still showing its lo...
INVESTMENT
We might be about to hit a sweet spot on regional growth
By By Zoë Billingham | 17 October 2024
Zoë Billingham says not only do our mayors and local leaders hold many of the levers of growth – ...
AUTUMN BUDGET
Our eight priorities for the Budget
By Louise Gittins | 17 October 2024
The Local Government Association is urging Government to use the Budget and Spending Review to ca...
WORKFORCE
We work hard to make sure we're the best employer we can be
By By Sheila Oxtoby | 17 October 2024
Focusing on staff is critical when financial challenges can often mean investment in them is depr...
FINANCE
On funding, let's not lose sight of the smaller stuff
By By Nicole Wood | 17 October 2024
There are many straightforward changes the Government could make to give councils more freedom to...
PERFORMANCE
Solace, strategy and cash-strapped councils
By Heather Jameson | 17 October 2024
Perhaps the true measure of local government is inclusive growth – the ability to build the prosp...
POLICY AND POLITICS
A mission-led government: The key to tackling regional inequality
By Rob Turner | 17 October 2024
Grant Thornton believes its Missions Index can serve as a tool to foster a common understanding o...
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