Articles by David Williams
Reviving councils' dormant powers
By David Williams | 12 September 2024
David Williams looks at how councils’ positive Victorian legacy has been curbed and sets out a ma...
Spending review: Rishi delivered what we needed, stability
By David Williams | 27 November 2020
In a time of financial uncertainty, the chancellor's Spending Review delivered basic stability. N...
Hertfordshire leads the way in managing growth
By David Williams | 05 March 2020
All 12 members of the Hertfordshire Growth Board have now approved an official working agreement ...
Counties are key to unleashing the entire country's potential
By David Williams | 18 December 2019
David Williams says Boris Johnson’s Government has been elected on a domestic pledge to ‘level-up...
Appointment of new Treasury ministers bodes well for the sector
By Cllr David Williams | 20 August 2019
Chairman-elect of the County Councils Network David Williams reviews the organisation's key asks ...
Hold on to public health
By David Williams | 27 February 2019
Shifting public health functions to councils has led to ‘clear progress and tangible success,’ sa...
Taking back some public health commissioning from councils would be a 'retrograde step'
By David Williams | 26 February 2019
With 'clear progress and tangible success' on public health delivery in local government, the su...
Social care must remain a local service
By David Williams | 04 September 2018
David Williams says local government must be at the heart of the social care green paper.
We need a new strategic collaboration in the East Midlands
By David Williams | 20 November 2017
In the wake of a new report by Metro Dynamics, David Williams outlines how a formal collaboration...
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