In a major homelessness ruling, the Supreme Court holds that cities and municipalities can punish people for sleeping outside, even when they have nowhere else to go.
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A quirk in the funding formula means remote councils in some states get far less than in others.
Ever since the welfare state was established in 1948, Britain’s elected leaders have grappled with how to pay for and deliver social care.
City deals are being touted as the answer to NZ’s local infrastructure problems. Lessons from the UK and Australia suggest greater transparency and more coherent planning should be on the table too.
There is a long history of the UK government failing to adequately provide for Gypsy and Traveller communities’ needs.
As they head to the polls on May 2, Londoners are concerned about policing, crime and personal safety.
Legal precedents hold that criminalizing someone for their status, such as being homeless, is cruel and unusual punishment. But what if that status leads to actions like sleeping in public spaces?
This service is a good first step towards a one-stop shop for easy access subnational statistics to understand local areas and how they’re changing.
English councils have neither the ongoing funding or the staffing needed to effectively deliver on the government’s economic development promises.
Local governments are increasingly buying – and forgiving – their residents’ medical debt.
The government’s latest funding package isn’t enough to solve this structural problem.
New research shows giving women more resources to balance their competing work and domestic lives would help even gender disparity at all levels of political representation.
As in the federal and state governments, local elected officials are more likely to be white than their constituents. At times, such as with school boards, the differences are particularly stark.
Research shows that coastal communities such as Blackpool have worse health and economic outcomes than their inland neighbours in the UK.
A study of cities around the world that are developing innovative solutions to their problems has identified three key elements of success.
Power companies can be publicly or privately owned and may report to corporate boards, local governments or co-op members. But there’s no one best way to deliver electricity reliably and affordably.
Angela Rayner’s expansive policy brief faces the threat of ‘short-termism’ perhaps more than any other. If Labour win power, will Rayner be able to fight against these short-term political incentives?
A new study of Florida’s fiscal vulnerability to climate change finds that flooding directly threatens many local tax bases.
More than a decade of austerity in English local government has squeezed councils to their utter financial limits.
Local councils lack the means to tackle homelessness, but are often closest to the people at risk. A national plan should recognise and resource the role councils can play in preventing homelessness.
Principais colaboradores
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Professor, UTS Institute for Public Policy and Governance and UTS Centre for Local Government, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor in Law, University of Essex
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Senior Lecturer in Law, Royal Holloway University of London
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Professor of Public Policy and Management, Nottingham Trent University
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Senior Lecturer in Law, City, University of London
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Professor in Urban Studies and Planning, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Public Affairs, Tshwane University of Technology
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Professor of Social Policy, University of Kent
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Professor of Education, Sheffield Institute of Education, Sheffield Hallam University
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Research Associate, Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS), Newcastle University
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Public Health, Newcastle University
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Dean of Education, School of Education and Institute for Education, Bath Spa University
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Professor of Law, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor in Human Geography, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
