Unfinished business

Local government still does not feel trusted or valued enough by Whitehall and Westminster for coalition ministers to tick the box marked ‘localism’, argues Richard Stay

By Richard Stay | 22 May 2014

Election day feels like a useful opportunity to take a reality check around accountability in local government.

It is the day is when the electorate tell political parties what they think of them.

Popular articles by Richard Stay

  1. Is it time to revisit Total Place?
  2. Change to councillor pensions will come back to bite ministers
  3. Time to put the beef into localism
  4. Community funding - have we got it right?

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Popular articles by Richard Stay

  1. Is it time to revisit Total Place?
  2. Change to councillor pensions will come back to bite ministers
  3. Time to put the beef into localism
  4. Community funding - have we got it right?
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