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The importance of managing public law and financial issues
08/02/2021 Tiffany Cloynes outlines what steps local authorities should take to avoid section 114 reports. |
Protecting art in a crisis
27/07/2020 Tiffany Cloynes and Clare Hardy outline how local authorities can play an important part in enabling arts and culture to flourish in their areas. |
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Remote local authority meetings
08/06/2020 Tiffany Cloynes and Clare Hardy outline the challenges and opportunities presented by conducting remote meetings in local government. |
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Tackling and preventing modern slavery and human trafficking
10/02/2020 Tiffany Cloynes and Julia Shannon outline the opportunities local authorities have to tackle and prevent modern slavery from occurring in their areas |
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Standards of conduct in local government
13/02/2019 Tiffany Cloynes and Clare Hardy explore why there could be major changes ahead to the regime for monitoring the standard of conduct of members of local authorities in England. |
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The top ten things for local government to be aware of in 2019
11/01/2019 2019 looks set to be a year of interesting challenges and opportunities for local government. Tiffany Cloynes and Clare Hardy offer their predictions for the year ahead. |
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Roles and responsibilities
08/01/2019 Tiffany Cloynes and Martyn Davies explore how councils can best manage roles in local authority companies. |
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What does the Budget really mean for local authorities?
06/11/2018 Tiffany Cloynes and Joanna Phillips explore the key announcements in the Budget and how far extra funding will address the challenges faced by councils. |
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Making use of empty homes
23/10/2018 Tiffany Cloynes examines some of the legal issues with moving social housing tenants into empty private homes, as proposed by one London council. |
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The future of the high street
16/10/2018 Tiffany Cloynes and Gillian Duckworth explore how councils can support the increasingly fragile high street, finding out why Sheffield City Council has put itself at the forefront of centre shopping development. |
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Managing utilities in-house
29/06/2018 Tiffany Cloynes looks at some of the key areas for local authorities to consider before becoming involved in the provision of utility services. |
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Local authorities and retail
19/06/2018 Tiffany Cloynes explores the points councils should consider when bidding for new retail schemes. |
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Local authority elections - publicity and decision making
30/04/2018 Tiffany Cloynes outlines some of the legal and practical issues relating to publicity and decision making that may affect local authorities at a time of elections. |
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Managing local authority contracts
23/03/2018 Tiffany Cloynes outlines the key issues councils should address to get the most out of their outsourced contracts. |
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Powers of local authority lawyers
12/02/2018 Tiffany Cloynes argues that new guidance from the Solicitors Regulation Authority will not stop local authorities from sharing legal services. |
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The top 10 things local government can expect in 2018
10/01/2018 Tiffany Cloynes outlines her predictions for the top 10 issues for local government in 2018. |
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Using local authority powers effectively
10/11/2017 Recent case law has shown the importance of local authorities acting within their powers and meeting any associated requirements. Tiffany Cloynes reports. |
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Cutting services: a false economy?
11/07/2017 Tiffany Cloynes explains how councils can differentiate between essential and discretionary services. |
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Revenue generation by councils
20/06/2017 Tiffany Cloynes outlines different strategies local authorities can adopt to help generate new revenue streams, including charging and trading. |
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Reorganising troubled services
12/01/2016 Tiffany Cloynes outlines some of the legal requirements councils must consider when reorganising services. |
