An all-party group of MPs has criticised councils for not spotting warning signs that Icelandic banks were heading for collapse last October. The Communities and Local Government Select Committee says complacency, lack of expertise and inaction all helped put taxpayers’ money at risk.
The imminent social care green paper will include insurance-based options as well as a minimum level of care support in its proposals, the Kings Fund has predicted
Responding to Government plans to move forward with constitutional renewal, the Conservative leader David Cameron called on Mr Brown to abolish regional development agencies.
Reforms to devolve power from central government to councils and communities are doomed to fail because politicians dont understand localism, a new report has argued.
Nick Clegg called on Gordon Brown during PMQs to stop the Treasury “grabbing” money from council rents and sales and allow local authorities to build new homes
Harry Phibbs comments on our latest report on directly elected mayors. The report included articles from Anthony Browne, Cllr Richard Kemp and Steve Malanga.
The MJ reports on our latest publication, assesing directly elected mayors. It discusses the arguement that there is still not enough evidence to prove directly elected mayors provide any benefits to large cities.
The debate is not over regarding the benefits of Directly Elected Mayors says a new publication by Localis. In this series of essays from key commentators, the debate ranges over a number of topics.
An attempt by a group of London boroughs to club together to set up a mutual insurance company powers has been crushed by Appeal Court judges. The Court of Appeal ruled that the participation of local authorities in an insurance mutual in this manner was beyond their statutory powers.
The debate is not over regarding the benefits of Directly Elected Mayors says a new
publication by Localis, the local government and localist think tank.