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Government steps in to fix Liverpool’s ‘pervasive and rotten’ council

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‘Turkeys don’t vote for christmas’ – Heseltine on devolution

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A woman walks past a mural in Manchester city centre. Cities in northern England and other areas suffering a surge in Covid-19 cases may have pubs and restaurants temporarily closed to combat the spread of the virus.

Public services must be at the heart of efforts to ‘level up’ the UK

Money must be put into the public services that are the backbone of our communities.

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Corruption warning over local press demise

The study by Tor Clark reveals the decline of the regional press has led to a local democratic deficit.

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BHA: Localism Act receives Royal Assent

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ESRC: The Government’s commitment to ‘localism’ is likely to fail unless Whitehall departments can shed a deep-rooted culture of centralism, a new study suggests

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Voting Labour: Miliband wants the local elections to reflect Labour's poll rating

Labour launches local election campaign

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Planning could fall victim to local government plans, MPs have warned

Threat of ‘planning vacuum’ in England

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Cllr David Sparks is leader of the Labour group in the Local Government Association (LGA)

Comment: Council cuts show Pickles’ brazen dishonesty

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Cllr David Shakespeare OBE is the leader of the LGA Conservative group and the leader of Buckinghamshire county council

Comment: The localism bill empowers us to build the big society

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Eric Pickles expects council to provide 'reasonable services' for less

‘More for less’: Cuts fears dominate radical local reforms

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Eric Pickles is set to announce radical changes in the localism bill

Not so fast, chum: Pickles risks ‘lipstick localism’

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John Stevenson is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Carlisle

Comment: Elected mayors can reinvigorate our democracy

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Building bridges in west London

Cost-saving ‘super-council’ planned

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Pledge to build 150,000 affordable homes - but at a cost for new tenant's conditions

Spending review: Communities and culture take damage

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Birmingham City Council's 'non-jobs' cost £2.2 million alone, according to the Taxpayers' Alliance

Cull of council ‘non-jobs’ could ‘spare services’

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Time to go to work: Pickles wants fewer street signs

Pickles’ new enemy: Street signs

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The German who claimed asylum: Just one strange local council incident.

The German who claimed asylum: Councils reveal their weirdest calls

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Pickles: A conspiracy

Pickles goes to war on weekly bin collection

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