NLGN have published a report that revealed London’s boroughs could build a new generation of council houses, avoid disrupting the lives of poorer citizens and save money for the Exchequer in the process. This could allow them to build 9500 new homes for London and save £56m in the process.

NLGN has launched Delivering Distinctiveness a new essay collection edited by Daniel Goodwin, Chief Executive of St Albans City and District Council. The publication explores the future for district authorities and scopes out the potential challenges they might face.

Councils could save vital school and highway projects by looking to a new market in municipal bonds, according to research in in a new NLGN report. 'Capital Futures', shows that bond issuances could in some circumstances prove the cheapest option for local authorities trying to promote growth in their areas.

The new NLGN report, jointly commissioned by the ALDS Forum and the LDC, Commissioning Care in the 21st Century, argues that the only way to ensure that personalised services are affordable is to accelerate radical moves towards a new form of outcome-based commissioning.

While acknowledging the Government must strike a careful balance between equity and efficiency, this new NLGN report strongly recommends ensuring the system is geared towards a pure focus on business growth, avoiding recreating the complexities of the current grant settlement process.