‘Many councils are on their knees. More cuts to fund defence would be a mistake’
Perhaps one of the most overused quotes in politics is the famous line from Prime Minister Harold MacMillan…
Local government finance
What does the Spending Review mean for growth in our cities?
Over the last two days we’ve been bombarded with hundreds (at least it feels like it) of policies,…
Priorities for Labour in Local Government
Local government has born the brunt of this government’s cuts. For those of us elected in 2010, we…
Budget 2012 and the Local Finance Bill: the case for redistribution?
Budget 2012: it’s hardly going to down in history as a landmark Budget for local government. No big…
Forging the Labour alternative in our Town Halls
Last week saw the last of Labour’s Town Halls set their Council Tax and budgets for next year.…
Why we’re raising council tax
Nobody wants to pay more tax and I am not a high tax and spend politician, so my…
Local government finance – not sexy, but important
Local government finance is not the sexiest subject in the world, nor will it get many frontpage headlines.…
