Do you know the community businesses on your doorstep?
Charlotte Cassedanne from Power To Change explains how to get involved in Community Business Weekend this May.
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Charlotte Cassedanne from Power To Change explains how to get involved in Community Business Weekend this May.
LGiU Fortnightly is our new podcast, bringing you the latest news from the world of local government. We update you on the key events from the past fortnight, as well as news from us and our members, so you’re always in the loop. We’re always looking for more ways to bring…
Cameron Paton, senior analyst at the National Audit Office, provides his insight into the NAO’s recently published report Financial sustainability of local authorities 2018 and the impact of funding reforms on service users.
One month to local elections and we’re still unpicking details of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Not long to go until the local elections – Charlotte Maddix looks at what’s at stake this election season. In five weeks’ time, over 150 councils across England go to the polls. Over 4,000 councillors are up for election (nearly twice as many as in last year’s county elections). Our full local…
LGiU Fortnightly is our new podcast, bringing you the latest news from the world of local government. We update you on the key events from the past fortnight, as well as news from us and our members, so you’re always in the loop. We’re always looking for more ways to bring…
Cllr Iain Malcolm, Leader of South Tyneside Council updates us on the North East's challenge to central government over the Brexit negotiations.
We are launching the Local Finance Taskforce today, a local authority-led project to raise the profile of council funding issues to a wider audience and force the Government to provide much-needed policy clarity – and we need your help! Local authorities are in a precarious financial situation. With a Government preoccupied with Brexit, elections…
Once again, LGiU will be covering the local elections bringing you up to the minute results on council control. For years, we’ve been working with our Count Correspondents to help us publicise both the election results and the importance and excitement of our local democracy. We’ve seen the good, the…
LGiU Fortnightly is our new podcast, bringing you the latest news from the world of local government. We update you on the key events from the past fortnight, as well as news from us and our members, so you’re always in the loop. We’re always looking for more ways to bring…