It is never easy being the new boy or girl, something that hundreds of new councillors across the country are doubtless finding as they settle into their new role as elected representatives.
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has indicated the government will expand the number of whole place Community Budgets in next months Spending Review.
An Ipsos MORI poll at the start of the year found that as many public service leaders believed that the quality of their services had improved, as thought they had worsened one in five, in both cases.
Alex Thomson was quoted in an MJ article on DCLG blocking of annual reports on decentralisation.
Localis’ Steven Howell took part in a Guardian Local Leaders live discussion on how local authorities in the poorest areas can cope with cutbacks.
Local needs are now being met by public service providers working together to manage community budgets. Join our experts at midday on Wednesday 17 April to find out how.
The Department of Health has published a new toolkit to help councils get local businesses involved with promoting public health.
The toolkit includes information on how to encourage staff to have a health check, promote physical activity and use less salt in catering.
Localis’ Steven Howell highlights the soaring cost of housing and asks what the limits of local government’s appetite for construction might be.
It is high time to equip other parts of the country to compete on equal terms with London, writes Daniel Crowe
Transport is hardly the sexiest policy area in local government. Roads, buses, bridges and trains are not the sort of things that excite people, despite the ever-present angst over timetables and potholes.