Articles by Dermott Calpin
MP red-flags 'large-firm' provider culture
By Dermott Calpin | 19 October 2011
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude calls for service-commissioning overhaul to widen scope of ...
Councils on personal-budget target
By Dermott Calpin | 19 October 2011
Councils have taken significant steps towards achieving their target of providing universal perso...
Councils urge overhaul of academies funding
By Dermott Calpin | 19 October 2011
Ministers should cut the ‘red tape’ on the funding of academies and let councils take charge in a...
Service pressures will force 'radical' rethink
By Dermott Calpin | 12 October 2011
The New Local Government Network says financial pressures will lead to radical reforms in the del...
Leaders blast 'complex' business rates overhaul
By Dermott Calpin | 12 October 2011
Council leaders are poised to deliver a highly-critical verdict on the coalition's plan to overha...
A programme for action
By Dermott Calpin | 06 October 2011
The SOLACE Summit will issue an open invitation for executives and senior manager to discuss the ...
Majority of councils adopt strategic commissioning role
By Dermott Calpin | 28 September 2011
More than 80% of councils planning strategic commissioning role for the delivery of local service...
HS2 and the planning process
By Dermott Calpin | 20 September 2011
MPs' verdict on HS2 is likely to prove a key test for the Government’s streamlining of the planni...
Councils could face 'Californication' future
By Dermott Calpin | 08 September 2011
The New Local Government Network has warned that councils may undergo a radical but shrinking pro...
Clicking on to care
By Dermott Calpin | 07 September 2011
Staffordshire’s pioneering single portal for information on social care and health service has pr...
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