Localis, the leading independent think tank dedicated to the issues related to localism and local government , has appointed Alex Thomson as its new Chief Executive.
Localis, the leading independent think tank dedicated to the issues related to localism and local government , has appointed Alex Thomson as its new Chief Executive.
Community projects in four parts of the country are to be given help in a bid to kickstart the government’s ?Big Society? agenda, David Cameron will announce today.
The communities secretary has attacked councils for creating “non-jobs” such as cheerleading development officers.
The Greater Manchester city region has turned its back on the North West Regional Development Agency and instead will develop its own proposals to form a local enterprise partnership to take complete charge of economic development across the city region.
The budget threatened to be eye-watering, and while not insignificant, many of the announcements were less painful that perhaps could have been expected says the author. A lot of the measures seem relatively sensible, tightening of the belt maneuvers rather than swingeing cuts. Indexing benefits and tax credits to CPI rather than RPI is a […]
Two London councils are to merge their education services departments in the first deal of its kind in the country.
All of Englands eight regional development agencies will be abolished and replaced by sub-regional economic development partnerships based around cities and sub-regions, the chancellor has confirmed.
The Mayor of London has moved to scrap the London Development Agency and take the capitals housing and regeneration budget under direct mayoral control.
Council chiefs’ hopes that ministers would consider Total Place-style ?area budgets? were boosted when the chancellor pledged to hand councils greater financial autonomy and to consider local government’s needs holistically.