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So what is the big issue facing local government over the next few years? No, sorry Mr Pickles it's nothing to do with weekly bin collections or whether people need planning permission to hoist the union flag. Anyone familiar with the real challenges facing local...

At a time when the coalition government is hellbent on cutting the adult skills budget by £1.1bn (25 per cent), the market for sage advice is open. The holy grail of policy for years has been the drive to create a more ‘demand-led’ education system. It’s on that...

Almost one year on from the riots, Southwark’s Labour council is launching a £1m Community Restoration Fund which is using innovation and investment to create positive opportunities for young people and local businesses in those areas that were worst affected. The...

It is not great news for any government to find that its economic policy has been discredited. The latest GDP figures showed the economy shrank again last quarter, by 0.7 per cent. That must be particularly hard to take for a coalition government formed, it was...