James Hulme, NLGN
Pubilc Servant
Previous attempts at reorganisation have lacked coherency and left local government lacking an easily understandable structure, says James Hulme, head of communications at New Local Government Network, so can these new structures really bring people closer to their local democracy and services?
In local government circles, the unitaries debate has joined politics and […]

Chris Leslie, NLGN
The MJ
Just when you thought that the number of new local government acronyms had been contained, along comes the MAA. Despite sharing the family name with LAAs, and appearing as cousin of the CAA, multi area agreements are developing a different gene pool - and they offer the prospect of becoming the first […]

On May 2nd I woke up with a hangover, despite the fact that I hadn’t been drinking the night before. My headache was caused by the thought of Boris Johnson running the capital city and the economic powerhouse of the UK. I’m not trying to make a political point; I’m sure that Steve Norris would […]

James Hulme, Head of Communications, NLGN
Commentisfree.guardian
While Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson have been slugging it out in community halls and talk radio stations all over London, another election is about to take place to elect 25 members of the London Assembly, a body that scrutinises the mayor. You’ll be forgiven if it hasn’t been the […]