With LGA plans for a local government White Paper gathering pace, Lord Bichard reiterates the importance of councils being afforded a genuine partnership with central government – something he feels the next government must establish as a matter of priority.
As a new regulatory regime gets underway for social housing, Peter Hubbard and Claire Ward offer five tips to support public and private sector registered providers.
Now that the new social housing regulatory regime is in place, housing teams are embracing the challenge as an opportunity for positive change despite the immense pressure councils face, says Caroline Green.
May’s elections will be extremely consequential for the local government sector, and the impact of voters’ choices should be examined not just as a straw in the wind for the General Election, says Simon Kaye.
Seeking real fiscal autonomy for local government at times feels as elusive as the end of a rainbow, says Alison Griffin.
Blair McPherson explains how his bid to explain the daunting complexities of how local government works to a student over a sandwich failed to pay off.
Now is a pivotal moment for councils to start developing strategies to engage with Generation Z, and in doing so start to rethink the future of local government, says Victoria Evans.
The MJ's 24-hour Future Forum summit cantered through a collection of catastrophes, says Heather Jameson. 'Perhaps we ought to conclude that watching local government is more like the Anatomy of a Fall. But at least it’s not quite Oppenheimer. Yet.'
The approach taken to temporary workforce management within councils often falls short in several critical areas. Here, chief executive of West Midlands Employers Rebecca Davis discusses why collaboration among local authorities and agencies is key [..]
Paul Lowes from West Midlands Employers writes about the collaborative initiative to improve international recruitment, retention and quality within the adult social care sector across the West Midlands, through shared learnings and the power of [..]
Regional Director for Equans UK & Ireland Paul Bingham explains why its partnership with youth homelessness charity in the West Midlands St Basils has been such a rousing success.
There is a wider political agenda behind the recent attack by a minister on SOLACE says Michael Burton.
Abdool Kara looks at the factors that are important in providing efficiency within local councils.
Despite the widely held belief that Greg Clark’s appointment as communities secretary would herald a new era, the lightening speed at which the chancellor announced a Devolution Bill has still come as a bit of a bolt from the blue.
