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Embedding engagement is essential if we are to build a more inclusive, resilient and democratic society, writes the director ...
As the United States and other major donors scale back international aid, the development sector finds itself at a critical ...
That is the height of irresponsibility — political malpractice. If we really want to make a change, let’s come back with a ...
The Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government has been contacted for comment. Woking declared itself effectively bankrupt in 2023 with £2bn of debt, and has since increased council ...
The National Assembly has officially passed the revised Law on Organization of Local Government, establishing a two-tier administrative system consisting of provincial and commune levels - eliminating ...
A plan to change up Arlington County’s local government structure has advanced through the state legislature, potentially giving this Northern Virginia community the ability to reshape how many ...
The structure of local government in Nigeria is a crucial link in the chain of structural disorder that has hobbled Nigeria and stalled its march to authentic nationhood.
Woking Borough Council says the government has agreed to "aid the reduction" of its multi-billion pound debt. The bailout will initially cover the debt owed by the effectively bankrupt borough in ...
The Tribune’s “Culture of Corruption” series has documented how weak laws on campaign finance, ballot access, lobbying, ethics and oversight, and the byzantine structure of local government ...
The privatisation model in the Tory-led coalition government’s White Paper Open Public Services (2011) is based on Payment for Success, published in 2010 by three senior partners at KPMG. Councils are ...
Gateshead Council's Martin Gannon warned that "huge numbers" of local authorities could go bust unless the "whole structure of local government finance" changed.
Local government in Rhode Island is structured around 39 independent cities and towns, ... Executive Director Randy Rossi believes that the localized structure offers benefits.