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Stockport's powerhouse regeneration

By Martin Ford | 21 March 2023

At the vanguard of the Mayoral Development Corporation model, Stockport’s groundbreaking £500m To...

Future Forum: Budget blow to recruitment

By Martin Ford | 17 March 2023

The Budget fallout could further deter people from the most senior roles in local government, an ...

Future Forum: ICSs yet to reach full potential

By Martin Ford | 17 March 2023

Integrated Care Systems (ICS) are not yet reaching their full potential, The MJ's Future Forum ha...

Future Forum: Chief recruitment challenges increase

By Martin Ford | 16 March 2023

Difficulties in recruitment for top council roles have continued to mount in recent months, The M...

Future Forum: Social value can survive austerity

By Martin Ford | 16 March 2023

Securing social value in contracts is made more difficult in times of austerity but is still achi...

Future Forum: LGA hopeful over finance reform

By Martin Ford | 16 March 2023

Hopes for a large-scale reform of council funding have been raised by the Budget, according to a ...

Call for 'full reset' of children's care

By Martin Ford | 15 March 2023

The Government’s approach to children’s social care will not solve the issues within the system, ...

Budget 2023: LEPs to be scrapped

By Martin Ford | 15 March 2023

Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) are to be effectively abolished within a year, chancellor Je...

Public health grant 'insufficient'

By Martin Ford | 14 March 2023

Councils ‘finally have clarity’ on next year’s public health grant but warned it will be ‘insuffi...

Lords complain of 'air of mystique' around Levelling Up Bill

By Martin Ford | 14 March 2023

Peers have rounded on a lack of detail in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill.