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COVID INQUIRY

After the Covid Inquiry: It's time for serious devolution

By Vijay K Luthra | 26 November 2025

Devolution is a resilience issue after the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, say Patrick Diamond and Vijay K Luthra.

POLICY AND POLITICS

Policing reform shouldn't be piecemeal

By Sir Bob Neill | 26 November 2025

The abolition of police and crime commissioners is a start, but no substitute for the scale of re...

NCASC

The Casey Commission: True stories that shift policy

By Jess McGregor | 26 November 2025

As the National Children and Adults Services Conference gets under way in Bournemouth today, Jess...

CULTURE

If devolution is about identity, culture must be in the script

By Stephen Crocker | 24 November 2025

Culture must be part of the devolution playbook if the new Norfolk & Suffolk Combined Authority i...

KEY CITIES

Councils are at breaking point and social care should be made a priority

By Cllr Mike Stonard | 24 November 2025

Ahead of the Autumn Budget, Key Cities portfolio holder for health and social care Cllr Mike Ston...

SOCIAL HOUSING

Building balance: The case for £3-a-week rent convergence

By Dan Hawthorn | 24 November 2025

Decisions around rent convergence in the Government’s upcoming Budget will shape the strength of ...

SOCIAL CARE

Beating the Budget: System-led sustainability for social care

By Amy Long | 24 November 2025

Amy Long looks at finding the levers that adults and children’s services can use to build future-...

COMMUNITIES

District councils are uniquely placed to support communities through the winter months

By Maxine O'Mahony | 24 November 2025

Maxine O'Mahony says that as the winter arrives, people’s needs often require a holistic approach...

PREVENTION

For the first time, prevention can be mapped and measured

By Iain Murray | 24 November 2025

By mapping spend, finance and service teams can build a shared understanding of what prevention l...

TRANSFORMATION

GDS Local: A digital transformation partnership for the future

By Ian Murray | 22 November 2025

For too long the Government Digital Service (GDS) hasn't played the role it should for local gove...

HOUSING

The National Housing Bank: Will it help councils build?

By Jack Shaw | 21 November 2025

The question of whether the National Housing Bank becomes a central plank of housebuilding and re...

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