Press

Public Finance: Fifteen minutes of blame

Claudia Wood, Deputy Director at Demos, references 2012 LGiU research in her article for Public Finance on rationing home care slots.

The MJ: When the party’s over

Jonathan Carr-West speaks to The MJ about what local government learned and gained from party conference season.

LSE Politics and Policy blog: Is local government heading for broke?

Jonathan Carr-West blogs for the LSE Politics and Policy blog on why the scale and speed of budget cuts mean that councils do not have the time and space to ensure permanent and sustainable reductions in cost.

National councillor awards open for nominations

The LGiU and CCLA are delighted to announce that the 2014 Annual C’llr Achievement Awards are now open for nominations. Back for a fifth year, the C’llr Awards are the only national awards ceremony to recognise and reward the outstanding work of councillors from across the political spectrum. This year, there will be a total…

The Northern Echo: Nominations sought for national councillor awards

The Northern Echo covers the launch of the 2014 C’llr Awards.

Guardian Local Leaders: French managers see UK austerity as ‘end of local government’

Public Finance: Neighbourhood budget rollout backed by DCLG minister

Laura Wilkes, LGiU Policy Manager, speaks to Public Finance about Don Foster MP’s plans to roll out community budgets across the country.

The MJ: Revised electoral system ‘would tackle diversity’

Laura Wilkes, LGiU Policy Manager, speaks to The MJ about how reforms to the electoral system could help tackle diversity.

The MJ: Whole place – time for Whitehall to get its hands dirty (£)

Laura Wilkes from the LGiU comments on today’s PAC report on community budgets.

Guardian Local Leaders: Creating academies makes it harder for councils to plan school places

Jonathan Carr-West, LGiU Chief Executive, speaks to Guardian Local Leaders about the findings of our new report, ‘Standing room only – have we enough school places?’, which we published with the NUT.