"The government is also helping councils grow their local economies through bespoke city deals, New Homes Bonus, 24 enterprise zones and £770m in Growing Places funding.
By shining a light on these activities and introducing new democratic checks and balances to stop gagging orders being abused we are helping councils improve accountability in local government".
The institute wants to put the evaluation of cohesion programmes on a scientific footing, studying how to pre- empt future disturbances and helping councils and other bodies build their capacity.
Instead of helping councils to improve practice, it is paid by the public to work for the private sector - and hand over the stock, land and the profits which will flow from both once initial borrowing is paid off.
There's no one thing that can fix this, but by building more genuinely affordable homes, helping councils to stamp out rogue landlords, and giving renters more stability, we can make sure more homes meet the living home standard in the near future.
In a now-deleted page on the firm's website, Small advertised his skills at helping councils cut costs, stating that he had "experience of advising local authority SEN departments on a range of matters including managing and terminating ABA programmes [and] parental complaints".
