Local Government

Getting to the core

London is being given the chance to shape its own economic future, so why shouldn’t other cities? Chris Murray tells Austin Macauley why changes must be made to the localism bill to make that happen

‘It has to be about fundamentally changing the game and terms of reference with government – not a little bit of freedom and money here and there, we need a total shift.’

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A Budget for widening gaps

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A rebalancing act

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Enterprise zones can provide a boost where it’s needed most

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Tall order

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Creating space for community control

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Centres for all ages

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A snapshot of debt and poverty

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Making councils a friend of enterprise

Council procurement managers aren’t the enemy of enterprise, Mr Cameron. But with your help they could do more to support local businesses, says Matthew Jackson

In the government’s latest crusade against the functions of local government, prime minister David Cameron proclaimed at the weekend that the third of the ‘enemies of enterprise’ were ‘the public procurement managers who put contracts with big business before opening up markets for small enterprise’. For me and probably many in local government, this sweeping statement is wrong on a number of accounts.