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LEPs standing firm despite CA growth

By Dan Peters | 14 July 2015

Local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) have vowed to not let the voice of businesses be ignored in ...

LGA under pressure over sector-led improvement

By Dan Peters | 14 July 2015

Further pressure is being piled on the Local Government Association (LGA) as it continues to cons...

Commissioner launches 'ambitious' programme for youngsters

By Dan Peters | 14 July 2015

Children’s commissioner Anne Longfield has pledged to use her tenure to promote ‘ambitious and po...

'Progress' for Blackpool's CPS

By Dan Peters | 14 July 2015

The Government has lifted the improvement notice on Blackpool Council’s child protection services...

Devolved powers 'in need of long-term plan'

By Dan Peters | 14 July 2015

Devolution must not consist of a ‘series of short-term and opportunistic one-off deals,’ a MP has...

Taskforce to deliver integrated care

By Dan Peters | 14 July 2015

A new ministerial implementation taskforce will be formed to deliver an integrated health and soc...

Sheffield 'open-minded' about elected mayors

By Dan Peters | 14 July 2015

Sheffield City Council’s chief executive has told The MJ he expects realpolitik to force the comb...

Making good music together

By Dan Peters | 14 July 2015

It’s had a chequered history, but the world-famous Glastonbury music festival is now a model of c...

Let children be seen and heard

By Dan Peters | 14 July 2015

For too long society has failed to listen to its youngest members and that must change, the new c...

Portsmouth to 'exploit commercial property' purchases

By Dan Peters | 14 July 2015

Portsmouth City Council hopes to generate income by ‘exploiting commercial property acquisition o...