Delivering Regeneration: How collaborative contracts are transforming place-making
Discover how collaborative contracting is helping councils deliver regeneration more effectively with this free special report from LocalGov and NEC Contracts.
Blowing hot and cold
6/1/2011 A brightly-coloured ‘heat map’ which claims to show levels of local council spending is inaccurate and misleading, says Chris Game |
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The blame game
5/6/2011 Local authorities have a good record when it comes to council tax collection rates, but we need to look beyond the ‘shock, horror’ headlines to get a more accurate picture, says Chris Game |
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Electoral swings and roundabouts
4/14/2011 The key theme for May’s council elections may be the scale of Labour’s continuing local recovery at the expense of the two coalition parties, suggests Chris Game |
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The minister who doubled up as mayor
2/12/2009 The French justice minister, Rachida Dati, may have made headlines internationally for her complicated political and private life, but of interest to local government is how she combined the role of minister with being mayor of a Paris district, says |
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Laying down the law locally
9/10/2008 Before councils get excited about plans to let them introduce their own byelaws without Whitehall consent first, Chris Game reminds us of the pitfalls ahead. |
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All power to sharing
9/5/2007 The change to the Scottish local government landscape last May obscured the fact that a major proportion of English councils also run without overall control or with power sharing. Chris Game looks at the figures |
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Dancing to a different tune
8/16/2007 So what to councillors and morris dancers have in common? Quite a lot, says Chris Game. |
