Highway Maintenance Budgets: The Long View
Mark Stevens, ADEPT, talks about local authority highway maintenance budgets, looking at how they have been impacted over the years by funding cuts.
Localism, the vote-winner
14/08/2014 Localis chief argues giving councils financial autonomy would be a vote-winner. |
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Not much detail in Adonis report
03/07/2014 It’s great to see the two major political parties fighting it out for the most localist title - both acknowledging that the English state has been far too centralised for far too long. |
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Do we stick with self service?
03/04/2014 Alex Thomson explains why he is in favour of the move towards commissioning councils. |
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Time to get serious about localism
06/09/2011 Skills, criminal justice and health, as well as work and pensions, are all areas in which councils should be free to show how they can do things differently and more effectively, says Alex Thomson |
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The ‘Big Easy’
21/06/2011 Famous for its ‘easy council’ ideas on delivering services, Barnet has now developed a set of practical tools to make a local reality of the Big Society, says Alex Thomson. |
