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The SOLACE conference 2010: Weather the storm, lessons for local leaders, will provide a not to be missed opportunity to share thinking and learning on how best to prosper and take advantage of the turbulence of these “interesting times”.

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CSR - Lost in the post | 22/10/2010

And so the first big bombs in the CSR war have gone off.  Councils will lose 25% to 30% of their funding over the next four years.  Thes...

Bonfire of the vanities | 08/10/2010

Two sides to the same story.  According to yesterday’s Financial Times the busy beavers at Her Majesty’s Treasury are toiling lat...

Publish and be damned | 01/10/2010

In a week that has seen more councils having to issue precautionary redundancy  notices and with the comprehensive spending review looming ev...

Good lesson from the private sector | 24/09/2010

It will be the SOLACE Annual Conference in a few weeks’ time.  I think the format is pretty much what one might expect, with expert pre...

The cuts - Pay for beans and get nothing in return | 10/09/2010

Last week you went to the local shop. You bought a can of beans and it cost you 25p. This week you go to the same shop.  They take 30p from y...

No phoney war - the jobs Blitz has been and gone for 30,000 | 03/09/2010

Is Britain’s public sector going through its own version of the “Phoney War”?  Historians tell us that the period September...
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strengthening local democracy to put citizens in control of their own lives, communities and local services

Creative approaches to multiple community asset transfer

Wed, 16th May 2012 - 11:08 am

This is a guest post from Debbie Lamb, Development Manager – Locality. The current financial crisis is changing the face of community asset ...

Politics, technology and the media – they’re all pointing to the local

Tue, 15th May 2012 - 2:47 pm

This blog was first published by the BBC’s College of Journalism. On May 24, I am due to speak at the College of Journalism’s Connect...

The future of mayoral governance and implications for city leadership

Mon, 14th May 2012 - 9:24 am

This blog is based on a LGiU member briefing by David Marlow. Click here for more information about LGiU membership. In the aftermath of local el...

Where does the Queen’s speech leave adult social care funding?

Thu, 10th May 2012 - 10:33 am

UPDATE:  DH have confirmed that a ‘progress report’ addressing the funding of social care will be published later in the spring, to go alongs...

Andy Sawford blogs on Queen’s Speech

Wed, 09th May 2012 - 3:32 pm

This blog was first published by Public Finance. Ronald Regan famously said “Don’t just do something, stand there”.  He believed that gove...

Queen’s Speech: key aspects for local government

Wed, 09th May 2012 - 12:23 pm

Queen’s Speech 2012 The Queen has delivered her speech to the House of Lords setting out the Coalition Government’s programme for the next Par...
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Disabled Travel should be able to use bus lanes

Small charity Disabled Travel Service is being fined every time its taxi size vehicles use bus lanes in Bristol. This charity should be allowed to...

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Change Manor/Fishpond Roads junction

Take away the newly installed trtaffic lights and crossing and replace it with a mini roundabout

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Closes Wed, 31st Oct 2012

Save Laundry Field

We the undersigned, object to the proposal in Bristol City Council’s Site Allocations Preferred Approach Document that the area of open space kn...

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Closes Thu, 24th May 2012

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