Articles by Simon Edwards
Social care charging reforms are drastically underfunded
By Simon Edwards | 01 November 2022
The Government is expected to delay the introduction of social care charging reforms but Simon Ed...
Counties have shown themselves able to step up and deliver
By Simon Edwards | 27 September 2022
The new Government inherits an unenviable in-tray. In navigating and ultimately solving these pro...
Waiting for council issues to get an airing
By By Simon Edwards | 03 August 2022
Local government has hardly featured in the initial debates of the Conservative leadership contes...
We now have a clear evidence base for change to children's social care
By Simon Edwards | 06 June 2022
The Independent Review of Children's Social Care heeds the County Councils Network's calls for a ...
It is imperative to get the SEND reforms right
By Simon Edwards | 12 April 2022
Proposals to address the future demand pressures in education, health and care plans through a se...
Rewriting the devolution rulebook
By Simon Edwards | 15 February 2022
After being left on the sidelines for years, county councils are now firmly at the heart of the G...
Local government must be at the heart of proposals for levelling up
By Simon Edwards | 09 November 2021
The CCN, along with the Local Government Association and others, worked tirelessly to make the ca...
Local leadership needs a vote of confidence from the Treasury
By Simon Edwards | 05 October 2021
In the run up to the Spending Review, the County Councils' Network will be continuing to highligh...
The levelling up White Paper must have proposals to match counties' ambitions
By Simon Edwards | 16 June 2021
CCN’s member councils are putting in train ambitious place-based economic recovery plans, 'but th...
Seize the reins
By Simon Edwards | 30 March 2021
The County Councils Network's new business plan for recovery and renewal puts forward evidence-ba...
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