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ADULT SOCIAL CARE
The case for fundamental reform of adult social care
By Alison Whiteley | 14 August 2026
Alison Whiteley explains why councils must help shape a more preventative, person-centred future for adult social care, and she says London is ready to work with the Casey Commission.
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Mayors warned over partnership working
By Joe Lepper | 03 August 2026
Mayoral strategic authorities (MSAs) need to improve their partnership working with investors to ...
REORGANISATION
Keeping options open
By Justin Galliford | 30 July 2026
Norse Group’s Justin Galliford looks at how partnership can help councils preserve choice through...
PREVENTION
Neighbourhood health: Building prevention through community power
By Matt Skinner | 24 July 2026
With a new Prime Minister at the helm promising to help people to ‘live well’, Matt Skinner looks...
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
Ditch the red tape for relational working
By Anna Randle | 20 July 2026
Wigan’s relational approach shows how culture, trust and partnerships deliver better outcomes and...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Minister in Pride in Place funding threat
By Dan Peters | 13 July 2026
Devolution minister Nesil Caliskan has threatened to pause Pride in Place funding if accountable ...
POLITICS
Political change tests organisational maturity
By Adele Wylie | 09 July 2026
Reform UK controls North Northamptonshire Council, having won the majority of seats in the 2025 e...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Norfolk's vision pays off for children
By Sara Tough | 24 June 2026
Norfolk CC has received the top Ofsted grading for its children’s services department, with outst...
REGENERATION
A new beginning for Bucks' town centre
By Stephen Broadbent | 18 June 2026
Buckinghamshire is shifting its focus to revitalise historic market towns, taking an innovative a...
PERFORMANCE
Tackling inequalities requires combining the Local Outcomes Framework with deeper insight and lived experience
By Jon Rowney | 17 June 2026
Local government has a critical role to play in the new Local Outcomes Framework , 'not only in r...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Councils question financial sustainability and timescales of SEND reforms
By Joe Lepper | 05 June 2026
Councils have raised a raft of concerns around the Government’s plans to overhaul the special edu...
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Director of Digital, HR & Customer Services
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