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The change to the formula grant system

By David Cook | 04 October 2012

David Cook says, for many districts there is little extra cash ever likely to flow through the fo...

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The purpose of the Alliance for Useful Evidence

By Abdool Kara | 04 October 2012

Abdool Kara looks at the latest project by Nesta, the Economic and Social Research Council and th...

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Sector pay finally makes it to the top

By Heather Jameson | 04 October 2012

It is astounding how politics is utterly obsessed with a very small clique operating on the natio...

Outsourcing the blame

03 October 2012

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Have party conferences had their day?

By John Healey | 03 October 2012

John Healey looks forward to Labour’s conference in Manchester, and considers the position of cou...

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Mutually acceptable?

By Craig Dearden-Phillips | 03 October 2012

Craig Dearden-Phillips says public sector mutuals could help councils maintain a politically-acce...

The Labour Party is right to talk of reforming the economy and, for the Labour Party, to reform the economy you have to reform the state.

03 October 2012

Takeover: Tackling failing NHS hospitals

01 October 2012

Looking over the hedge

28 September 2012

#OurDay to remember

By Peter Fleming | 28 September 2012

Cllr Peter Fleming, chair of the LGA's improvement and innovation board, hails a new era of socia...