Chris Game

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Chris Game is a honorary senior lecturer at the Institute of Local Government Studies (Inlogov) at the University of Birmingham.

Reserve judgements: the politics of town hall savings

The debate over council reserves hasn’t gone away since Eric Pickles left the Department for... Read more
The forgotten local elections – Conservatives defied predictions here too

In the busiest year in the local election cycle, the Conservatives managed to out-perform... Read more
Council tax support: Pickles’ muscular localism in action

Local authorities faced some unenviable choices when Council Tax Benefit was devolved to town halls... Read more
Council tax claim and counter claim

Both Conservative and Labour politicians are using disingenuous arguments to justify their approach... Read more