What can we learn from the Swedish model for funding local government? Lars Andersson, Local government advisor and initiator to the Swedish local government funding agency, Kommuninvest

Which ten developing trends will affect how local government delivers public services in the future? Daniel Ratchford, (London borough of Sutton)

NLGN and Newcastle City Council discuss how ‘Boris-bike’ style car share schemes could influence local transportation planning. Daria Kuznetsova (NLGN), and Sally Herbert, (Sustainable Travel Officer, Newcastle City Council)

The final NLGN Online Summer Debate examines the much touted proposals for a compulsory national civic service scheme, in response to recent rioting.

Bringing back national service might be too extreme a reaction to recent lawlessness, but what lessons do civic service programmes have for fractured, shellshocked communities? Daria Kuznetsova, NLGN

NLGN’s third online Summer Debate looks at whether local, elected ‘sheriffs’ would have been a force for good or bad in the recent riots.

The second NLGN online Summer Debate takes on the decision to let councils allocate council tax benefits – localism in action or political calculation?

The first of a series of online debates hosted by NLGN looks at the pros and cons of government’s planning reforms – an opportunity for growth or threat to communities?