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Credit Crunch: LGA Summit
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The implications for Local Government
As the Credit Crunch and Recession continue to bite, councils are on the frontline of helping people and businesses struggling to cope in their local areas. The Local Government Channel visits the recent Local Government Association Credit Crunch summit to talk to council leaders, policy makers and housing executives about how local authorities can take the lead in protecting people from the effects of the downturn.
Finance
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Spending Review: Impact on Local Government
Making sense of the cuts -
Spending Review: Baroness Hanham
Communities Minister on productivity -
Spending Review: Rob Whiteman
LG Imp Dev MD's reaction -
Spending Review: Baroness Eaton
LGA Chairman's reaction -
Local Government Cuts: What are the Risks?
CEOs have their say -
Investing in Iceland - Who is to Blame?
CLGC Report: Local Authority Investments -
Community Issues: the Recession
Hazel Blears on keeping communities united through the recession -
Beacon Status for Tackling Debt
Leeds City Council -
Credit Crunch: Rural Economies
How they are being affected -
Credit Crunch: LGA Latest
Deputy Chair, Cllr Richard Kemp -
Credit Crunch: Overview
Local Government expert Tony Travers -
Credit Crunch: The Effect on Councils
IDeA's Sara Williams -
Recession: Councils take the lead
Local government's key role in helping communities and businesses -
Review of the Year: LGA's Richard Kemp
Deputy Chairman on 2008 and 2009 -
Recession: LGA's Margaret Eaton
Chairman outlines the role of local government -
Recession: Citizens Advice Bureau's David Harker
Chief Executive of the CAB urges councils to take more action -
Credit Crunch: LGA Summit
The implications for Local Government -
Rising Costs: How Councils can help
Inflation, energy bills, credit crunch - what can be done locally? -
Credit Crunch: LGA and Iceland
Chairman Margaret Eaton on the latest developments -
Successful Enforcement for Local Authorities
Shergroup -
Stuart Limb
Senior Investigations Officer - Revenues & Benefits, Leicester City Council -
Credit Crunch: Councils should be doing more
Vince Cable MP on local authorities and the housing crisis -
Credit Crunch: Iceland Banks Collapse
Council Leaders respond -
Credit Crunch: What it means for Local Government
How the crisis is impacting on mortgages and housing and how councils could help -
Credit Crunch: The view from local government globally
How local authorities in the US are also feeling the effects -
Credit Crunch: One council's perspective
We hear from one Chief Executive affected by the bank collapse in Iceland -
Credit Crunch: LGA Calls for an Inquiry into Credit Rating agencies
Deputy Chair of the LGA speaks
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