Articles

Network Journal
February 28, 2010

Issues like climate change, public health and social care remain tough challenges, and local government can’t face them alone. Anna Turley, ACEVO


There is scope for localism in the welfare state
February 4, 2010

Very few politicians have dared touch the idea of decentralising the welfare state, primarily because of its close affinity with UK citizenship and the potential pitfalls and undesirable consequences that could arise if handled incorrectly.
Chris Leslie, Local Government Chronicle


Alternative Vote, National and Local?
February 2, 2010

Although to many the question of electoral reform may seem slightly esoteric, this pre-election period is likely to throw up a host of unintended policy possibilities indirectly affecting local government, even if they were not originally part of the equation.
Chris Leslie, Public Finance


We can work it out
February 1, 2010

Councils must adopt a more collaborative approach, so that they match functional economic sub-regions and better encompass the area in which citizens live their lives and businesses tend to operate.
Nick Hope, Public Sector Executive


Last requests from a sector facing a grave financial future
January 29, 2010

Unless the local government community is careful, it may feel the cold consequences of the nation’s obsession with deficit reduction.
Chris Leslie, Public Finance


Mayor force one: more elected mayors will boost democracy
January 28, 2010

We need to find new and radical ways of engaging people in the decision-making process or our democratic institutions will risk a crisis of legitimacy.
Nick Hope and Nirmalee Wanduragala, Progress.


Ten weeks left for Labour to make its case
January 25, 2010

With the opinion polls broadly indicating a twelve point lead for the Conservatives, Gordon Brown will need a powerful strategy to close this gap – so what would it take?
Chris Leslie, Yorkshire Post.


Capital changes: local bonds and the new relationship with private finance
December 11, 2009

We are one of the only developed countries not to see a thriving municipal bond market for public infrastructure debt, a practice that sustains local public works in the USA and Europe alike. Chris Leslie and David Smith, Public Servant.


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