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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Three wishes to transform children's care needs
By John Pearce | 05 March 2026
There are challenges endemic across children’s care nearly four years on from the MacAlister review, says John Pearce. Here, he focuses on three component parts of the system and sets out his prior...
LOCAL ECONOMIES
The first steps to getting young people working
By Ben Lucas | 03 March 2026
Ben Lucas says devolution of youth unemployment services is key to economic growth.
DEVOLUTION
The march of the metro mayors
By Vijay K Luthra | 21 January 2026
Patrick Diamond and Vijay K Luthra look at what England’s metro mayors can really change. And wha...
POLICY AND POLITICS
A bit more 'no, minister' is needed
By Michael Burton | 20 January 2026
A succession of government U-turns over badly-considered policies suggest the Whitehall machine i...
LEADERSHIP
A system for success
By Heather Jameson | 23 December 2025
Luton Council’s bold 2040 vision prioritises jobs, homes and safety. Heather Jameson talks to chi...
HOMELESSNESS
£3.5bn investment to 'end homelessness for good'
By Dan Peters | 10 December 2025
A cross-government plan to ‘end homelessness for good’ by preventing it before it occurs has been...
ADCS
Where every person can belong
By Rachael Wardell | 10 December 2025
Rachael Wardell says ending the two-child benefit cap is a welcome step. Mental health must now b...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Councils' concerns over access to holiday schemes
By Joe Lepper | 09 December 2025
Councils are concerned that the most vulnerable families are missing out on benefits of their hol...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Go North!
By Zoe Billingham | 04 December 2025
This Budget makes one thing clear: the Government is throwing its weight behind the North. Zoë Bi...
BUDGET 2025
Budget: Two-child benefit cap lifted
By Martin Ford | 26 November 2025
Abolition of the two-child benefit cap in today’s Budget has been welcomed as a ‘first step’ in t...
IMPROVEMENT
Safeguarding failure at Haringey
By William Eichler | 02 October 2025
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has exposed a major safeguarding failure at Haring...
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- Future Forum: Casey calls for public service 'coterminosity'
- Accelerating housebuilding and overcoming delivery obstacles
- Future Forum: Reorganisation threat to transformation
- The turning point for early help: can April's reforms deliver the change children need?
- Future Forum: Warning against 'more of the same' post-reorganisation
Programme Director (LGR Transition)
£121k – £134k (fixed term 2 years with option to extend)
Hertfordshire is embarking on one of the most significant transformations in its public services for a generation. Apply for this job
Lead Technical Architect
£51,356 - £55,539 per annum
Are you ready to step into a pivotal leadership role where your vision will define the future of the council’s entire technology landscape? Apply for this job
Lead Technical Architect
£51,356 - £55,539 per annum
Are you ready to step into a pivotal leadership role where your vision will define the future of the council’s entire technology landscape? Apply for this job
- Future Forum: Casey calls for public service 'coterminosity'
- Accelerating housebuilding and overcoming delivery obstacles
- Future Forum: Reorganisation threat to transformation
- The turning point for early help: can April's reforms deliver the change children need?
- Future Forum: Warning against 'more of the same' post-reorganisation
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