Charging for Rubbish?
September 25, 2007
Better we take the time to devise effective long-term solutions to the waste challenge than to start charging for rubbish. Anthony Brand, Westminster and Whitehall

What’s playing on Gordon’s mind?
September 24, 2007
We have seen laudable attempts at engaging more with the public on policy through “citizens’ juries”, but rebuilding trust and confidence in the democratic process must also involve power shared more with local communities. Chris Leslie, Yorkshire Post

Making sound government a local issue
September 13, 2007

Dick Sorabji, Deputy director, NLGN Policy Review Proposed constitutional reform will involve a shift away from central government control In the four weeks between becoming Prime Minister and the start of the summer recess Gordon’s Brown’s government made 40 policy announcements. They did not have the words local government in the title. Yet a closer [...]

LABGI
August 16, 2007
a reformed LABGI must be designed to reward councils for delivering growth that is sustainable and appropriate for their areas. Anthony Brand, Regeneration and Renewal

Flocking to Follow
August 16, 2007
As Prime Minister Gordon Brown gives his first hints of where his premiership is going, things may be changing - but there is a feeling of continuity. Dick Sorabji, The MJ

Gordon Brown and Local Government
August 8, 2007
When Lyons reported, both government and opposition parties in Parliament were stalemated, waiting for politics to unfreeze with the arrival of the new Prime Minister. Now all Parliamentary parties are eager for the devolutionary mantle. Dick Sorabji, Public Servant

Come Together
August 3, 2007
By integrating commissioning frameworks, PCTs and local authorities could gain more expertise and help orientate services towards the recipients and facilitate provision. Dr Victoria Barbary, Progress

Chips down, bottom up
July 31, 2007
Local communities should decide how to shape their regeneration. If local people want a supercasino, it seems unfair for them to be denied it by a decision made in Westminster. James Hulme, Progress